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1905•431 pages•Published•JPN•User Reviews

吾輩は猫である

4.3/ 5
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Written over the course of 1904 through 1906, Soseki's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. The New Yorker called it "a nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action ..."

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FictionFiction, generalNear and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author)Japan, fictionGeneralPoetrySingle AuthorModern fictionLiterary CriticismJapanese Novel And Short StoryFiction - GeneralJapanese

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Book Details

First Published

1905

Pages

431 pages

Rating

4.3 / 5

Ratings

3

Editions

47

Publisher

Alianza Editorial

Language

JPN, CHI, FRE

Status

Published

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