{"product_id":"9781787305724","title":"Abandoning a Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Murakami, Haruki \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/10\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 96 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781787305724,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated edition of the internationally bestselling author's meditation on memory and family.\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‘The world’s most popular cult novelist’ Observer‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57383892517237,"sku":"9781787305724","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781787305724.jpg?v=1784912746","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781787305724","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}