El Gato Que Venía del Cielo / The Guest Cat

Name: El Gato Que Venía del Cielo / The Guest Cat
Brand: Prh Grupo Editorial
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By Takashi Hiraide

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"A winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living. A couple in their thirties live in a small, rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo; they work at home, freelance copy-editing; they no longer have very much to say to one another. But one day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. It leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. Soon they are buying treats for the cat and enjoying talks about the animal and all its little ways. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife the days have more light and color. The novel brims with new small joys and many moments of staggering poetic beauty, but then something happens...."--

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 160
Release Date:: 2025-02-18
Publication Date:: 2025-02-18
Publisher:: Prh Grupo Editorial
Languages:: Original: Spanish
ISBN10:: 6073199511
ISBN13:: 9786073199513
Weight:: 113 g
Height:: 124 cm
Width:: 191 cm
Thickness:: 10 cm

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