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A Cat, A Man, And Two Women
A Cat, A Man, And Two Women
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by Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro | Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Published 02/11/2017 by Daunt Books in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 128 pages
130 x 197 x 11mm | 160g
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Selected by Mike Ward from Badlands Records as one of his favourite Japanese novels of all time.
Mike says, 'A good way to start with Tanizaki, a wonderful little comedy.'
'A really great writer . . . Tanizaki has got this warm, ticklishness to his strangeness.' (David Mitchell)'One of the finest pieces of literature concerning cats ever written.'(Choice)
Shinako has been ousted from her marriage by her husband Shozo and his younger lover Fukuko. She's lost everything: her home, status, and respectability. Yet the only thing she longs for is Lily, the elegant tortoiseshell cat she shared with her husband. As Shinako pleads for Lily's return, Shozo's reluctance to part with the cat reveals his true affections, and the lengths he'll go to hold onto the one he loves most.
A small masterpiece, A Cat, a Man, and Two Women is a novel about loneliness, love, and companionship of the most unexpected kind. In this story of Japanese society and manners, Tanizaki gives us a perfectly-formed oddball comedy, and a love triangle in which the only real rival is feline.
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