IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD has a scary title, but it is a poignant tale about what it means to be alive and what things we’d be willing to give up in exchange for just one more day. Now that his own death is near, the narrator is faced with the finality of life. A postman by profession, it’s been four years since his mother died, leaving their cat Cabbage in his care. In this novel set in Japan, the unnamed narrator’s days are numbered. They simply allow us the pleasure of their company.” – IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD by Genki Kawamura And what you realize when you’ve lived with a cat for a long time is that we may think we own them, but that’s not the way it is. “Cats and humans have been partners for over ten thousand years.
IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD by Genki Kawamura, translated by Eric Selland
