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Nick Bradley - The Cat & The City (2nd Hand Hardback)
Synopsis
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.
In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways.
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.
Details
- Format : Slightly Smaller 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
- Condition : As New
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 2020 (Atlantic Books - 1st Edition, 4th Printing)
- ISBN : 9781786499882
- SKU : B003362
- PPC : SP500gm
- RRP : £14.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Ingenious and touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking.' - The Guardian.
'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell . . . try this.' - The Times.
'The key pleasure of reading this book is its sprightly vigour - cool but not hipsterish, ambitious but not pretentious - that evokes a similar liveliness in the reader. It makes you feel young again.' - John Self, The Times.
'Inventive, beguiling.' - Sunday Times.
'An ideal tonic for anyone craving far-flung adventure.' - Mail on Sunday.
'Intriguing . . . explores the dark underbelly of Japan.' - The Independent.
'I wolfed down these interlocking stories of cats, Tokyo, loneliness and redemption. Congratulations to Nick Bradley on this vibrant and accomplished debut.' - David Mitchell.
'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.
The Author
Nick Bradley is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing MA who is currently completing a PhD in Creative & Critical Writing, focussing on the figure of the cat in Japanese literature.