if cats disappeared from the world book review

I think that the Japanese novels, including almost all of Haruki Murakami's books, have portrayed cats in the best way possible and showed the beautiful relationship between cats and humans. This is one of the first things that came to my mind when I finished reading this book. What is the relation between Japanese novels and talking cats? This book is just what we all need to read and reach to a conclusion of our own lives regarding our relationships and family. But it's something that's entirely different and something so dear to the life of the narrator that everything makes sense in the end. It's just not about the cat or any emotional attachments with cats and human that makes the plot of this book. Things went somewhat fine but what makes the story so different when it comes to make cats disappear? The plot involved making phones, movies, clocks disappear one by one in order to prolong the life of our main character. I just couldn't allow myself to take a break in between. And then there are the characters which were there in the memory of the narrator which made all the difference!

The main characters are nothing sort of unique or dramatic yet yes, one of the characters was the Devil himself.Īnd then there's this cat called Cabbage. It's endearing and will remain as one of the most memorable reads. I laughed and cried while reading this one. I love how the author wrote such big things about life in such a simple way. It's fun yet it makes me think about a lot of things which actually matter in reality. This book gave me everything I wanted from a good book.

Fans of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World.This is my kind of book. This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life. Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself - and his beloved cat - to the brink. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live.

If cats disappeared from the world book review