{"product_id":"mornings-with-my-cat-mii-9781529922813","title":"Mornings With My Cat Mii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cat lovers, prepare to weep' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cat classic' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Profoundly real... and beautifully written'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eElif Batuman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Aglow with incidental joys' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRivka Galchen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*Winner of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize 2026*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry. She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo’s Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii: so begins an unshakeable bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own. Through it all, Mii, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship: it’s a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create and to build a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Reveals the profound respect, and compassion, that a friendship with an animal can inspire’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSigrid Nunez,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mayumi Inaba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48483201220823,"sku":"9781529922813","price":5.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/2026-04-18T205215.053.png?v=1776535011","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/mornings-with-my-cat-mii-9781529922813","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}