{"product_id":"9781787305724","title":"Abandoning a Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated edition of the internationally bestselling author's meditation on memory and family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Even now, I can relive the shared puzzlement of that summer day when we rode together on his bike to the beach at Koroen to abandon a striped cat, a cat that totally got the better of us...'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki Murakami recalls his relationship with his father - the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him to fight in the Second World War. Murakami's father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher, but as Haruki grew older they found they had less and less in common. They went on to be estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father's deathbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 a meditation on a particular era of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the Second World War and on into the present. It is a beautiful short work of family history from one of the world's most beloved, iconic writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The world's most popular cult novelist' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master storyteller' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57679871902069,"sku":"9781787305724","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781787305724.jpg?v=1792419037","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.info\/products\/9781787305724","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}