{"product_id":"abandoning-cat-a-personal-story-hardcover-by-haruki-murakami","title":"Abandoning Cat: A Personal Story (Hardcover) by Haruki Murakami","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA moving reflection on the author's father—plus a cat!—this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in the New Yorker in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAbandoning a Cat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 -- on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned -- 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKafka on the Shore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -- but will also be surprised by the raw honesty of this beautiful autobiographical piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67302521012465,"sku":null,"price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/cat_92bed9ee-ecf3-4203-8d58-9176b5941d96.jpg?v=1792866685","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/abandoning-cat-a-personal-story-hardcover-by-haruki-murakami","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}