{"product_id":"9798217208692","title":"Abandoning a Cat by Haruki Murakami (with Signed Bookplate)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder a copy of Haruki Murakami's new memoir ABANDONING A CAT that comes with a signed bookplate! Only 12 Available!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in the New Yorker in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, Abandoning a Cat 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 -- as he 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\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e—on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e—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 \u003cem\u003eKafka on the Shore \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003ebut will also be surprised by the raw honesty of this beautiful autobiographical piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":68026164445413,"sku":"Haruki Murakami Bookplates 10.27.26","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/2581\/1941\/files\/9798217208692_d16aa.jpg?v=1793992686","url":"https:\/\/yuandmebooks.com\/products\/9798217208692","provider":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}