Description
In this intimate work of autobiographical reflection, the author traces the complicated bond between a son and his father, a former teacher and gifted haiku poet whose life was shaped by religion, war, and postwar Japan. Beginning with the memory of abandoning a cat, the narrative opens into a meditation on family, estrangement, reconciliation, and the enduring ways history shapes private lives. With characteristic restraint and dreamlike sensitivity, the author considers the meaning of love, absence, and inheritance in a moving portrait of fatherhood and filial connection.
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paperback
Random House
Published Oct 27, 2026
81 pages
ISBN: 9798217208692
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Details
First Published
2020
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Abandoning a Cat by Haruki Murakami.