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I Am a Cat

Published
Jan 1906
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General Fiction General Fiction
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638

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"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action…" —The New Yorker

Written over the course of 1904-1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.

A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.

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Aug 1982 Penguin ISBN 0399506098
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Dec 1989 Tuttle Publishing ISBN 0804812802
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Jan 1982 Penguin ISBN 0698111443
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Mar 2020 Tantor Audio ISBN B085LSTMC8
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