{"product_id":"i-am-a-cat-volume-one-volume-1","title":"I Am a Cat: Volume One Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eI, ladies and gentlemen, am a cat. I still don't have a name.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once a stray kitten, the narrator of this story is now a noble and insightful observer of the bizarre and funny foibles of the human beings in his midst. Enter the upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan where a world-weary feline has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of human people. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, this is the whimsical adventure of a very special cat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan told through the eyes of a sardonic street kitten' Jessie Burton, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A mordantly comic evocation of Soseki's deep pessimism about his own humanity and indeed about humankind in general' \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY NICK BRADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Natsume Soseki, Nick Bradley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47286425059564,"sku":"9781784879792","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781784879792.jpg?v=1770445207","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/i-am-a-cat-volume-one-volume-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}