Siento que literalmente tardé años leyendo esta novela. Se me hizo pesadísimo, a pesar de que el lenguaje y la estructura son sencillos. La premisa es muy buena, pero fue demasiado. Le sobran páginas, situaciones y divagaciones. The store features old vintage books that appear as though they were specifically curated for the shop. I read this when I was a student (in the original Japanese version). After seeing it mentioned in How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, I'm tempted to reread it.

Homeless street musician James Bowen finds an injured cat in the lobby of an apartment building one evening. So when she opens the door one day and finds that now there’s a corridor to another place – another world – she is understandably excited. Un gato sin nombre se hace hueco en la casa de un profesor japonés y nos cuenta las conversaciones y sucesos de los que será testigo. Of course, there are a plethora of translated novels about cats and their nine lives. Or, maybe you wish to take a road trip with your best feline friend.

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Now you don't actually need to be a cat fancier to enjoy this book. It's simply a device used as an external viewpoint on us crazy humans. While there are occasions where the appreciation of the feline species will give you some extra laughs, the majority of the book feels like an old-fashioned omniscient narrator tale. Even the no-name cat remarks on his uncanny ability to read human minds and decipher the psychology behind our actions. Similar to how Christine adopted ZoomBa in the library parking lot, you’ll meet Dewey – an abandoned and beloved small-town library cat that changed the lives of the community. Madam Sweetie – also known as The Damsel – is a frenetic and somewhat chaotic writer. She has no love for felines of any kind. Third, I found the quotes on a variety of complaints about women interesting and humorous since I've never read them anywhere before. For example: a b Kelley, Jane A (August 26, 2013). "Farewell to Homer the Blind Wonder Cat". Catster . Retrieved March 7, 2019.

Por último, debo reconocer que seguramente Haruki Murakami debe haberse inspirado en este y otros libros de Sōseki para escribir sus novelas, dado que muchas situaciones y especialmente en la características de los personajes algunos parecidos son sorprendentes. Entre todos tendrán conversaciones y discusiones super interesantes acerca de muchos aspectos de la vida, algunos de sucesos concretos que ocurren en la novela pero otros de temas mucho más profundos y transcendentales de la vida humana. Y sobre todo, con el estilo irónico de Soseki, veremos que se ríe precisamente de todas estas formas de pensar y de estar en el mundo. Natsume Sōseki es uno de los escritores más importantes de Japón, tanto es así que es de lectura obligatoria en la escuela secundaria y el libro japonés más vendido es “Kokoro”, su obra cumbre. Tras haber leído dos de sus novelas sabía que tenia que aventurarme con “Soy un gato”, un libro que parte con una premisa que en el presente puede no parecer demasiado original pero que en la época fue todo un desafío, además no es un gato cualquiera, pero eso tendréis que descubrirlo vosotros mismos. El libro trata de un gato sin nombre que nos relata, armado con gran sarcasmo y un aparente desprecio por la humanidad, su punto de vista respecto de la sociedad japonesa de la era Meiji en especial para con los intelectuales y la burguesía. He aquí uno de los mejores pasajes del libro:I've been a cat now for what seems like an eternity. If anyone asks you what it's like to be a cat, hand them a copy of the book and walk rapidly away. Reading the book has been a lot like having a cat as a pet -- occasionally delightful, sometimes insightful, and frequently annoying. The novel is not about the cat, but instead about the scholastic ideas of school teacher Sneaze, and his old university friends who visit and discuss academically the neighbors, each other and society. A few mild absurd domestic incidents and squabbles occur, and the friends discuss these ordinary mundane affairs with humor and intellectually facile joking or insight. Eventually, their discussions wander into more bookish and philosophical aspects of the intellect (Japanese and British), some of which are vaguely related to their original conversation subjects. Mikel Delgado helped entirely with the next two sections (thank you!). She describes these books as user-friendly and accurate in what they tell us about cat behavior. Enjoy her summaries of each book; I did! Fans of fiction books about cats will be happy to know that this is the first in a series of cozy mysteries that will delight cat and crime lovers in equal measure. A really fantastic book on enrichment for cats, with lovely photos and suggestions for modifying your cat's environment, with a nice emphasis on training and my favorite… FOOD PUZZLES! Lots of information on how to play with cats, as well as how to provide enrichment that meets all of the sensory needs!