I Am A Cat - 9780804832656

Name : I Am a Cat
Binding : Paperback
Publication Date : 2001-09-01
Author : Natsume, Soseki
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Language : English
Pages : 480
Description :
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 1904-1906Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece I Am a Catsatirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspectiveit 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 literatureI Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese historySoseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.