The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - ISBN: 9780857526335
Hardcover
A cat’s journey through Japan, friendship, and life’s unexpected detours.

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

The uplifting million-copy bestselling Japanese translated story

$29.05

  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    29 October 2018

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Summary

Beautiful new hardback edition including a ribbon, illustrated coloured endpapers and luscious finishes on the front - perfect for gifting at Christmas for new and existing TRAVELLING CAT fans.

STUNNING HARDBACK GIFTING EDITION, INCLUDES A RIBBON and SIX LINE DRAWINGS

RECOMMENDED BY THOUSANDS OF READERS - the uplifting story of a journey around Japan with a cat by your side.

‘Bewitching… as self-possessed and comforting as - well, a cat’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857526335
ISBN-10:0857526332
Author:Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Doubleday
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:29 October 2018
Weight:296g
Dimensions:205mm x 133mm x 25mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Fleet, funny and tender… Arikawa clearly knows cats as well as any human can.

Anyone who has ever unashamedly loved an animal will read this book with gratitude, for its understanding of an emotion that ennobles us as human beings, whether we value it or not * GUARDIAN *Fleet, funny and tender… Arikawa clearly knows cats as well as any human can. * TIME *It has the warmth, painterly touch, and tenderness of a Studio Ghibli film - and it is a delight to read * FINANCIAL TIMES *Bewitching… as self-possessed and comforting as – well, a cat * Sunday Telegraph *The Travelling Cat Chronicles is delightful. Like a tender feline companion the uniqueness of this book is its subtle yet persistent charm that insinuates itself into your heart long after the encounter has ended. * FIONA MELROSE *A book about kindness and love, and about how the smallest things can provide happiness * STYLIST *Arikawa has a lightness of touch that elevates this to a tale about loyalty and friendship … while speaking to our basic human need for companionship * IRISH TIMES *Heart-wrenching but uplifting * RED MAGAZINE *The Travelling Cat Chronicles is why I read books. This beautiful story has everything. It’s funny, heart-warming, heart-breaking and kind. * FOREWORD BOOKS *Prepare to have your heart strings tugged by this quirky tale … It’s a deceptively gentle story that you won’t need to be a cat lover to fall for. * SUNDAY MIRROR *

About The Author

Hiro Arikawa

Hiro Arikawa

Hiro Arikawa is the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat. She lives in Takarazuka, a city on the Hankyu line, a privately run railway that connects Osaka and Kyoto and is famous for its maroon-coloured vintage-style carriages.

Philip Gabriel

Philip Gabriel is the author of Mad Wives and Island Dreams—Shimao Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature and Spirit Matters—The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature. He has translated many novels and short stories by Haruki Murakami and other modern writers. He is the recipient of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (2001) for his translation of Senji Kuroi’s Life in the Cul-de-Sac, and the 2006 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for his translation of Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

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