The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide simon & schuster embossed with the series logo

embossed with the series logo in metallic foil

A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance

'-Lily Meyer

Inspired by the rushing water of Yosemite Falls and the endless blue sky of Sierra Nevada

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The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide simon & schuster embossed with the series logoA bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living. A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo; they work at home, freelance copy editing; they no longer have very much to say to one another. But one