However, the Devil makes a deal with him: for every one thing he makes disappear from the world, he may live one day longer. This is a novella about a man who finds out he only has a few days left to live. Fans of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World. If Cats Disappeared from the World was written by Genki Kawamura and translated by Eric Selland. 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. īecause 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. 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.īut 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. A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
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