{"product_id":"mornings-with-my-cat-mii","title":"Mornings With My Cat Mii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cat lovers, prepare to weep' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cat classic' \u003cb\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Profoundly real... and beautifully written'\u003cb\u003e Elif Batuman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Aglow with incidental joys' \u003cb\u003eRivka Galchen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize 2026*\u003c\/b\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' \u003cb\u003eSigrid Nunez, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Readers ADORE Mii**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lovely little gem'\u003cbr\u003e'Gentle and enchanting and had me in floods by the end'\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely beautiful'\u003cbr\u003e'Sweet and heartbreaking'\u003cbr\u003e'Told with grace, beauty and love'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53850280690002,"sku":"9781529922813","price":14.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_baf0173c-6f76-45d6-800c-949913d5dc5d.jpg?v=1782531176","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/mornings-with-my-cat-mii","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}