I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki - ISBN: 9781609622183
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A sardonic cat observes Meiji Japan, judging its humans harshly.

I Am a Cat

Chapter I, Chapter II

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    134 pages

  • Release Date

    12 December 2021

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Summary

This English version of 吾輩は猫である (Wagahai-wa neko de aru: I Am a Cat), Chapters I and II, written by Natsume Sōseki, pseudonym of Natsume Kinnosuke (1867-1916), and translated by Kan-ichi Ando (1878-1924), was published by Hattori Shoten, Tokyo, in 1906.

It begins: “I am a cat; but as yet I have no name.”

Its sardonic feline narrator describes his origins, his settlement in the household of a Meiji teacher-intellectual, and the goings-on and conversations among the cats and hum…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781609622183
ISBN-10:1609622189
Author:Natsume Soseki, Kan-Ichi Ando
Publisher:University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Imprint:University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:134
Release Date:12 December 2021
Weight:113g
Dimensions:178mm x 108mm x 8mm
About The Author

Natsume Soseki

Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki studied literature in England and became professor at Tokyo Imperial University. The success of his stories, beginning with “I Am a Cat,” launched a successful career that produced 22 novels, including Botchan, Kokoro, and Light and Darkness.

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