The Guest Cat: Takashi Hiraide

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Living in a beautiful house, which the author described in detail, this couple will have an exceptional relationship with Chibi; theneighbour’s cat. The narrative is articulate, pleasing and is laced with perfect emotions that sync well with the story's mood. This lonely, scorned figure learns herbs and potions, surrounds herself with lions, and, in a heart-stopping chapter, outwits the monster Scylla to propel Daedalus and his boat to safety. There was a rickety gate in a wooden fence, that was the landlady’s side entrance and the tenants’ front gate.

Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods. One morning he announced his intention to keep a stray cat, Chibi, and they could hear the tinkling of the cat’s little bell.Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. There is beautiful imagery, and there are recurring themes (the guest cat, and the narrator living in the guesthouse of a larger estate; boundaries; windows; a zelkova tree; insects, and lightning), and Chibi is virtually mute. We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use.

The husband and wife, who lease a guesthouse on the grounds of an old estate in Tokyo, have lived quietly since quitting their corporate jobs to work as independent contractors, but though they spend more time together in their tiny space, they seem to communicate less and less.Eppure, nel caso degli esseri viventi, un movimento banale come girare l'angolo o entrare attraverso lo spiraglio lasciato da una porta socchiusa, non ha, in fondo, il potere di generare un fiume incontrollabile di eventi?

Nicholas Lezard's Paperback of the Week, Guardian The language and descriptions are careful, elegant and lovely; while Hiraide's book is ostensibly about a cat, it is more precisely about space and ownership.

Chibi stava entrando piano piano nella nostra vita come un rivolo d'acqua che penetri inosservato dalla finestra lasciata socchiusa, e si spanda scivolando su un'impercettibile pendenza, imbevendola. Still, The Guest Cat is a pleasurable enough diversion that, rather surprisingly, lingers long after the book has been set aside.