{"product_id":"i-am-a-cat-volume-one-9781784879792","title":"I Am a Cat: Volume One","description":"\u003cb\u003eI, ladies and gentlemen, am a cat. I still don't have a name.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once a stray kitten, the narrator of this story is now a noble and insightful observer of the bizarre and funny foibles of the human beings in his midst. Enter the upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan where a world-weary feline has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of human people. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, this is the whimsical adventure of a very special cat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan told through the eyes of a sardonic street kitten' Jessie Burton, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A mordantly comic evocation of Soseki's deep pessimism about his own humanity and indeed about humankind in general' \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY NICK BRADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784879792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208","brand":"Natsume Soseki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634868584629,"sku":"9781784879792","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_90a705ce-e19a-4b8d-98aa-b4968ffc7d7e.jpg?v=1756789281","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-am-a-cat-volume-one-9781784879792","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}