{"product_id":"i-am-a-cat-9781784879792","title":"I Am a Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI, ladies and gentlemen, am a cat. I still don’t have a name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce a stray kitten, the narrator of this story is now a noble and insightful observer of the bizarre and funny foibles of the human beings in his midst. Enter the upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan where a world-weary feline has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of human people. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, this is the whimsical adventure of a very special cat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A biting satire of Meiji-era Japan told through the eyes of a sardonic street kitten' Jessie Burton,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A mordantly comic evocation of Soseki’s deep pessimism about his own humanity and indeed about humankind in general'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'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'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTRANSLATED BY NICK BRADLEY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natsume Soseki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48483206070487,"sku":"9781784879792","price":6.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/2026-04-19T145510.536.png?v=1776599719","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/i-am-a-cat-9781784879792","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}