{"product_id":"abandoning-a-cat","title":"Abandoning a Cat","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA moving reflection on the author's father - plus a cat! - this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in the New Yorker in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, \u003ci\u003eAbandoning a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant, self-reflective work by Haruki Murakami.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere he writes about his father, the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him into the second world war. Murakami's father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher. As Haruki grew older and became an adult and then a writer, he and his father found they had little in common. They were later estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father's deathbed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 also on a particular moment of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the second world war on into the present. Murakami fans may find common themes from beloved novels such as \u003ci\u003eKafka on the Shore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e - but will also be surprised by the raw honesty of this beautiful autobiographical piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Haunting' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9781787305724 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Murakami, Haruki, TRANSLATED BY Gabriel, Philip \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : October 20, 2026 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Harvill \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAGE : Relating to parents \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Hardback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003eDIMENSION : 204 mm x 132 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 250 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Biography-Literature-Literary-studies\"\u003eBiography, Literature \u0026amp; Literary studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Health-Relationships-Personal-development\"\u003eHealth, Relationships \u0026amp; Personal development\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Lifestyle-Hobbies-Leisure\"\u003eLifestyle, Hobbies \u0026amp; Leisure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Murakami, Haruki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49881885933845,"sku":"9781787305724","price":210.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/9781787305724.jpg?v=1776922106","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/abandoning-a-cat","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}