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Title	:	I Am a Cat (I am a Cat #1-3)
Author	:	Natsume Sōseki
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 480 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2001 by Tuttle Publishing (first published 1905)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature

I Am a Cat (I am a Cat #1-3)

Natsume Sōseki

Paperback | Pages: 480 pages

Rating: 3.71 | 7774 Users | 816 Reviews

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I am a cat. As yet I have no name. So begins one of the most original and unforgettable works in Japanese literature. Richly allegorical and delightfully readable, I Am a Cat is the chronicle of an unloved, unwanted, wandering kitten who spends all his time observing human nature - from the dramas of businessmen and schoolteachers to the foibles of priests and potentates. From this unique perspective, author Sōseki Natsume offers a biting commentary - shaped by his training in Chinese philosophy - on the social upheaval of the Meiji era. I Am a Cat first appeared in ten installments in the literary magazine Hotoguisu (Cuckoo), between 1905 and 1906. Sōseki had not intended to write more than the short story that makes up the first chapter of this book. After its great critical and popular success, he expanded it into this epic novel, which is universally recognised as a classic of world literature.

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Original Title:	吾輩は猫である [Wagahai wa Neko de Aru]
ISBN:	080483265X (ISBN13: 9780804832656)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	I am a Cat #1-3
Characters:	Chinno Kushami, Meitei, Mizushima Kangetsu, Kaneda Tomiko

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For me, this was a rare DNF. Even for my Book Club, I can take only so much tedium. The book is actually a series of articles and I suspect that Soseki was being paid by the word, as he pads it out with so many of them. Somewhere in there, there might be something worth reading, though the mysogyny is horrible. At one stage the cat, who tells us about the people he lives with and those who visit the house, thinks to himself "What a spiteful bore he is." How very true.I got about half way through

Meh. My edition of this book only contained the first three chapters (as opposed to all eleven), and honestly if this had gone on much longer I probably would have rated it lower. I really enjoyed the first chapter (and Sōseki had in fact originally intended to leave it at that) but it went downhill from there.I also wonder if there are editions out there that contain more footnotes? Mine happily stated in the introduction that the translators know what they are doing, and while I probably

This book was a DRAG. I was recommended this book by one of the funniest people I have ever met while I was touring Vietnam so I assumed this book would therefore follow his humor and also be hilarious. Boy, was I wrong. The book is described as a "satire" but only 15% of the book is from the cat's perspective. The rest is just drawn out conversations which are hard to follow between old Japanese men. Occasionally, the author reminds the reader that the cat is in fact telling the story but only

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. I Am a Cat was written by Japanese author Soseki Natsume at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s. It's a gentle satire told from the point of view of a household cat in the home of a teacher of

The prime fact is that all humans are puffed up by their extreme self-satisfaction with their own brute power. Unless some creatures more powerful than humans arrive on earth to bully them, theres just no knowing to what dire lengths their fool presumptuousness will eventually carry them.

I Am a Cat is a long book full of wordplay, complicated farcical sequences, obscure cultural references, long philosophical digressions and obtuse allusions to Chinese literature. It reminds me in parts of P.G. Wodehouse, Monty Python, Studio Ghibli films and Roald Dahl. Our lovable narrator is an unnamed cat lounging around a Tokyo household in the early years of the 20th century. We learn a lot about feline behaviour but this is mostly a book about people; the cat is always listening, and

Maybe I'm completely missing the plot in some way, but I'm finding it somewhat of a drag. The premise is interesting, the p.o.v. is great, but I've struggled through 250 pages so far and still I don't get that rush of longing to drop everything else I'm doing and picking up my book. I'm reading just to read as it stands and to be honest, that's not great.P.S. At time of completion I can think of one redeeming factor: it is a potent cure for insomnia if anything at all......I'm annoyed I put in