Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

››› Download audio book. ‹‹‹ Original Title: Town of Cats ISBN: ISBN13: Autor: Haruki Murakami/Jay Rubin (translator)/ Philip Gabriel (translator) Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars (292) counts Original Format: ebook, 16 pages Download Format: PDF, FB2, MOBI, MP3. Published: September 4th 2011 / by The New Yorker Language: English Genre(s): Short Stories- 32 users Asian Literature >Japanese Literature- 16 users Fiction- 15 users Cultural >Japan- 8 users

Description: The story “Town of Cats” is excerpted from three-part novel, “1Q84”. In the book, Tengo is one of two main characters who pass between two distinct worlds, one of which has supernatural elements. But this story deals mainly with the real world —and the relationship between a boy and the man who raises him. Was this portrait of Tengo’s background —the disappearance of his mother, the difficult relationship with his father— part of your conception of the book and the

character from the beginning?

About Author:

Haruki Murakami (Japanese: ) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described as 'easily accessible, yet profoundly complex'. He can be located on Facebook at: Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western music and literature. He grew up reading a range of works by American writers, such as Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers by his Western influences. Murakami studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was at a record store, which is where one of his main characters, Toru Watanabe in Norwegian Wood, works. Shortly before finishing his studies, Murakami opened the coffeehouse 'Peter Cat' which was a jazz bar in the evening in Kokubunji, Tokyo with his wife. Many of his novels have themes and titles that invoke classical music, such as the three books making up The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: The Thieving Magpie (after Rossini's opera), Bird as Prophet (after a piano piece by Robert Schumann usually known in English as The Prophet Bird), and The Bird-Catcher (a character in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute). Some of his novels take their titles from songs: Dance, Dance, Dance (after The Dells' song, although it is widely thought it was titled after the Beach Boys tune), Norwegian Wood (after The Beatles' song) and South of the Border, West of the Sun (the first part being the title of a song by Nat King Cole).

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Feb 17, 2015 Bettie Rated it: it was ok Recommended to Bettie by: Laura Shelves: shortstory-shortstories-novellas, translation, japan, published-2011, new-yorker, winter20142015 Translated, from the Japanese, by Jay Rubin Description: The story “Town of Cats” is excerpted from three-part novel, “1Q84”. In the book,

Tengo is one of two main characters who pass between two distinct worlds, one of which has supernatural elements. But this story deals mainly with the real world —and the relationship between a boy and the man who raises him. Was this portrait of Tengo’s background —the disappearance of his mother, the difficult relationship with his father— part of your conce Translated, from the Japanese, by Jay Rubin Description: The story “Town of Cats” is excerpted from three-part novel, “1Q84”. In the book, Tengo is one of two main characters who pass between two distinct worlds, one of which has supernatural elements. But this story deals mainly with the real world —and the relationship between a boy and the man who raises him. Was this portrait of Tengo’s background —the disappearance of his mother, the difficult relationship with his father— part of your conception of the book and the character from the beginning.

Read here Opening: At Koenji Station, Tengo boarded the Chuo Line inbound rapid-service train. The car was empty. He had nothing planned that day. Wherever he went and whatever he did (or didn’t do) was entirely up to him. It was ten o’clock on a windless summer morning, and the sun was beating down. The train passed Shinjuku, Yotsuya, Ochanomizu, and arrived at Tokyo Central Station, the end of the line. 15 likes View 2 comments