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In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles, seven cats weave their way through their owners’ lives, climbing, comforting, nestling, and sometimes just tripping everyone up in this uplifting collection of tales by international bestselling...

Brought to you by Penguin. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FEELGOOD JAPANESE NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES Over 1.5 million copies sold in Japan Famously scenic, the Hankyu commuter train trundles daily through changing landscape unaware of the heartaches of the passengers it carries...

Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives. We meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way; a family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father; a woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night; and an elderly cat, Kota, hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, read by George Blagden. The tender feelgood story of a man's journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami. It's not the journey that counts, but who's at...

Un changement dans la vie de Satoru fait qu'il doit se séparer de Nana, son chat adoré. Débute alors une série de voyages chez des amis d’enfance, aux quatre coins du Japon, pour lui trouver un nouveau foyer. Mais le rusé matou, narrateur de ce savoureux roman, ne l’entend pas de cette oreille : il fera tout pour rester avec Satoru et prolonger l’aventure.

Seit Jahrzehnten bringt die Hankyu-Bahn, ein weinroter Regionalzug zwischen Kyoto und Osaka, ihre Passagiere sicher ans Ziel. Während sich die Jahreszeiten vor dem Fenster ändern, kommen die Menschen einander näher: von dem jungen Mann, der sich in eine Mitreisende verliebt, über die Frau, die den Mut fasst, sich aus ihrer Beziehung zu lösen, bis hin zur Witwe, die ein neues Leben beginnt. In diesem sanft durch die Landschaft fahrenden Zug begibt sich jeder von ihnen auf eine Reise, um der Mensch zu werden, der er wirklich sein möchte.

Dans "Au revoir les chats !" Hiro Arikawa renoue avec l’univers captivant et attachant des "Mémoires d’un chat". À tous ceux qui se demandaient ce qu’était devenu Hachi, le premier chat de Satoru, adopté après la mort des parents du jeune garçon, l’auteure répond dès la première nouvelle, dans un récit émouvant et plein de justesse autour du deuil, de la séparation et de l’acceptation. Au fil de sept contes et par le regard de sept nouveaux félins, nous embarquons pour un voyage à travers le Japon.

A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection—human, feline or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice that shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy—the perfect gift...

Nesta multifacetada coletânea de contos, os leitores serão transportados para o Japão moderno e o tradicional, um mundo onde as relações, como as entre gatos e seus donos, são construídas com afeto, cumplicidade e compreensão. Da autora do best-seller internacional Relatos de um gato viajante. Hachi e Nana, dois gatos com caudas tortas, compartilham mais do que a característica física: ambos foram abandonados por pessoas cruéis que se livram dos filhotes como se fossem objetos descartáveis.

Welcome aboard the Hankyu Line train! Come along on a heartwarming, funny, and perfectly cozy voyage with the charming and relatable passengers—including one dashing dachshund—whose lives intersect and affect each other on one of Japan’s most romantic railway lines from international...