He described it as ‘ the relationship between a male cat and his female owner told from the cat’s perspective.’ In 2016 it was adapted into an anime TV series as well as a manga version drawn by Tsubasa Yamaguchi. She and Her Cat began life as a five minute 1999 anime by Makoto Shinkai. Judging by my success with this one, the other four are sure to appear here soon!)įirst up, I should declare that I am a cat person, and I am very fond of the Japanese fascination with cats in literature. (The other four books to soothe a battered soul are Banana Yoshimoto’s new book of stories, Dead-End Memories, Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi (already on my TBR), Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada and Idol, Burning by Rin Usami. My soul was not feeling particularly battered (except for this seemingly endless La Niña rain!) but I definitely felt soothed after reading these four short interconnected cat stories. One of the online sites that came up when I duck, duck, go’d this title, suggested She and Her Cat was one of the five translated books this season that could soothe a battered soul.
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