Tag: A Cat Series
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Takashi Hiraide, “The Guest Cat”
This review is part of the Cat Series. When the life goes with the common, somehow idle, everydayness, how do we respond to a quiet, uninvited guest? The question is mundane but when you think of it, a guest is like a “disruption” for your day-to-day activities. You would stop doing whatever things you’re doing;…
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Kawamura Genki, “If Cats Disappeared from the World”
This review is part of the Cat Series. I bought the novella because of the cover: shades of blue, a man, and a cat. The original book in Japanese was published in 2012, with its movie adaptation in 2016. The English version was owned by Flatiron Books and translated by Eric Selland. This review is…
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Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, “A Cat, a Man, and Two Women”
This is my first review under A Cat Series. I’ve heard a lot about Jun’ichirō Tanizaki but this is my first book of him. My English version, awesomely translated by Paul McCarthy, is published by Daunt Books in 2015. (I guess there is an older version published in 1990). Tanizaki published the original novella in…
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A Cat Series
Aku berniat untuk membuat seri membaca hahahihi di tengah bacaan-bacaan lain (termasuk bacaan kuliah dan novel lainnya). Awalnya ingin program sebulan tapi karena aku nggak mau terlalu ambisius, ntar malah muak sendiri, jadi ya sudah tiga bulan. Aku sudah membeli lima buku (baru dan bekas) novel Jepang dengan tema kucing. Buahaha. Seperti biasa tentunya aku…
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