But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens, drawing them ever closer. Private Detective Ishikawa and his assistant, Taeko, specializes mainly in infidelity cases but looks for the missing, too. Mari who tells her English boyfriend to be sexually violent to her (and incidentally has high cheekbones and a short haircut) and Natasha the Russian ‘angel’ sex worker with blonde hair, blue eyes and white breasts that ‘swell’. Incidentally all the non Japanese women have blonde hair and blue eyes.

As for who these characters are, it’s impossible to cover all of them here. But there is one character worth discussing in particular, and he is the only one who never actually takes any shape or form in the book. His name is Nishi Furuni, and in life he was a science fiction writer. These individual tales are so wonderfully intertwined, working like stitches to unite, fuse together, and bring to life this Frankenstein’s monster of a city. The Cat and The City is a love letter to Japan and its literature. Bradley's passion for everything from onigiri to Tanizaki's short stories is woven into this book. Bradley was for a time an ex-pat and his insight into their perching state is particularly intriguing. He is also very clearly a man with a great tenderness for cats."—Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author, Harmless Like You bakışta birbirinden bağımsız gözüken kısa öyküler okuyoruz, sanki tek bağıntıları hepsinin 2020 Olimpiyatlarına hazırlanan Tokyo'da geçiyor olması ve aynı üç renkli kedinin her hikâyede görünmesi gibi geliyor ama okudukça aslında hikâyelerin iç içe geçtiğini anlıyoruz. Burada azıcık dikkatli olmak lazım ama çok değil, yazar bağıntıları açıkça kuruyor, pek gözden kaçacak gibi değil. Bir hikâyede kısaca beliren bir taksi şoförü diğer hikayenin baş kahramanı oluyor vs. Zaten de sona yaklaştıkça tüm öyküler bir biçimde iç içe geçip bütünleşiyor. Aslında çoğu birbirini tanımayan bir sürü insanın hayatlarının o devasa şehirde nasıl da kesiştiğini anlıyoruz. (Bülent Ortaçgil'i duyuyor musunuz, "Belki benim kağıt param bir şekilde döne dolaşa senin cebine girmiştir" diyor? Eylülcüm biraz ciddiyet lütfen)And I think that’s part of the pleasure of reading the book, these connections, both known and unknown (sometimes as fleeting as two people sitting on a bus or train at the same time and catching one another’s eye), but connections in the hustle and bustle of a mega-city. Bradley cleverly employs the mysterious calico cat and his remerging characters as threads to weave multiple stories together. Be it a relative, a work colleague, a fleeting shared glance, or an overheard conversation, for me, part of the pleasure of this book was recognising the subtle connections between characters, connected even amid the hustle and bustle of the megacity.⁣ from the title, cover and the blurb, i was promised a good cat and city story reminiscing the more heartwarming The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Guys, I've been HAD. I've been CHEATED AND SCAMMED. This is my villain origin story. I like cats, and I am fascinated by eastern cultures and their radically different to western approaches to understanding life and the world we live in. I’m going to take it as easy as I can because I really respect anyone creating art and putting it out there, and this is a great accomplishment.

Having said that, I would like to say why I found this a disheartening read and reiterate another commenters point on the potential offence taken by a Japanese reader, particularly a female one.

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Copy Cat“ (тук има учен, робот и клонирана котка), който всъщност е разказ в разказа. Оказва се случайно изгубен превод на персонаж от предишна глава, а авторът на разказа пък е свързан с част от други персонажи в книгата. some of the cat puns (even though they're down right cheesy and the rest of them scattered in the novel is pretty too on the nose and close to cringey) Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Librarians Group is the official group for requesting additions or updates to the catalog, including:

What’s more, each story explores various aspects of human nature and shares critiques on Japan’s modern society. Bradley covers an extensive list of cultural nuances: capsule hotels, video games, rush hour at busy Shinjuku station, and the cherry blossom trees, tinged with the palest pink. As someone who longs to visit Japan, I felt completely immersed in its culture, this book being a tangible evocation of Tokyo’s sights and sounds. That’s all to say, The Cat and the City is a charming book with a wistful air that is perfect for anyone who wants to armchair travel to Japan and take a tour around its most popular metropolis There is an eeriness to these stories with a touch of magical realism. Naomi was the name of the cat that belonged to a writer (Nishi Furuni) who was obsessed with cats. He wrote a science fiction book titled ‘Copy Cat’ which Flo translated from Japanese to English. Here we have a story within a story. ‘Copy Cat’ is my favorite in this collection. I have a theory about the relationship between the tattooed girl and the calico cat. It scared me a bit whenever a pair of green eyes flashed in the dark. We need one another, now, more than ever. I hope we all can continue to stay connected, to read together, to cry together, to argue together, and to laugh together. Thank you, and take care of one another.” Get involved question for those who enjoyed it: please tell me how ?? what made it good to you?? serious answers only i am really curious to know bcs i wanted to like this smThe book was selected with the help of a panel of library staff from across the UK. Our readers loved The Cat and The City – here are some of their comments: interesting variations of medium in some chapters: comic strips, "translated novels" (after you disregard the ironic meta-ness), online posts (after you get through the shit character), poems etc. Around a third of the way through the book – and despite my enjoyment of it, my enthusiasm was starting to wane. The links seemed a little too superficial/gratuitous and further the vivid portrait that the book paints of Tokyo and Japanese culture, began to feel a little too vivid and recognisable. The stories of these salarymen, artists, writers, translators, photographers, taxi drivers, and more are so richly detailed and exciting.