The Travelling Cat Chronicles

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 *

Hiro Arikawa (Author)

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

Philip Gabriel (Translator)

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 a 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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