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Abandoning A Cat

by Haruki Murakami
language: english
Publisher: Vintage Publishing, October of 2026 ‧
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A beautifully illustrated edition of the internationally bestselling author's meditation on memory and family.

In this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki Murakami recalls his relationship with his father – the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him to fight in the Second World War. Murakami’s father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher, but as Haruki grew older they found they had less and less in common. They went on to be estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father’s deathbed.

This haunting personal essay is a reflection on what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son – on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned – and a meditation on a particular era of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the Second World War and on into the present. It is a beautiful short work of family history from one of the world’s most beloved, iconic writers.

‘The world’s most popular cult novelist’ Observer

‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times

Abandoning A Cat

by Haruki Murakami

Property Description
ISBN: 9781787305724
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Release Date: October of 2026
Language: English
Dimensions: 132 x 204 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Memories and Testimonies
EAN: 9781787305724

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami é, sem dúvida, um autor de culto, lido por todas as gerações e procurado com especial curiosidade pelos jovens leitores, encontrando-se traduzido em mais de 50 línguas. Sendo um dos escritores japoneses contemporâneos mais divulgado em todo o mundo, é simultaneamente aplaudido pela crítica, que o considera um dos «grandes romancistas vivos» (The Guardian).
Haruki Murakami recebeu vários doutoramentos honoris causa pelas universidades do Havai, Liège e Princeton em reconhecimento da sua obra, recompensada através da atribuição de importantes galardões internacionais, com destaque para os prémios Noma, Tanizaki, Yomiuri, Franz Kafka, Jerusalém e Hans Christian Andersen.

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