I immediately feel bad that I couldn’t help thinking about Haruki Murakami while listening to this one. It’s a somewhat uncomfortable truth that while reading a contemporary Japanese writer, of thinking of the most famous Japanese writer. But in the last year I’ve read a handful of other Japanese writers, so I do feel better about it. But the thing is, this is definitely similar to Murakami. It’s a small novel about domestic spaces, particularly a small set of houses that “share” a cat who […]
Sweet and Small
Best for: Anyone who likes gorgeous, evocative writing and simple but deep stories. In a nutshell: A writer and his wife ‘share’ custody of a neighborhood cat. Line that sticks with me: “The garden just didn’t seem the same. It wasn’t our garden anymore. It had lost all its energy and spirit.” Why I chose it: It was on the ‘popular with our readers’ shelves at the local bookstore and looked pretty cute. Review: This is a very short (136 pages in a small-form book) […]