I Am a Cat
Ratings16
Average rating3.4
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Ratings16
Average rating3.4
"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…" —The New Yorker Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the most significant writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.
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WARNING: THE CAT DIES IN THE END! It got drunk, fell in a vase full of water, couldn't get up, and there was just enough water that it couldn't keep its head over the surface, so it drowned. It was a peaceful death in the end, when the cat finally stopped fighting it, but the last minutes... I know, I know, should probably have put the first sentence in spoilers too, but I wish I had known before I decide to read it.
I mean, it's a great book. I agree with all of this:
“Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.”
Masterly, funny, more in the amusing way sarcasm works rather than laughing out loud, though I did that too. The cat hunting rats was one of those bits.
But I still didn't want to read about the cat dying. :´(
2/5
Some parts of it I liked, but I definitely thought the cat would be a lot nicer.
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3 primary booksI am a Cat is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1905 with contributions by Aiko Ito, Natsume Sōseki, and 2 others.
