{"product_id":"abandoning-a-cat-a-personal-story-preorder-oct-20-2026","title":"Abandoning a Cat: A Personal Story (PREORDER Oct.20.2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving reflection on the author's father—plus a cat!—this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbandoning a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poignant, self-reflective work by Haruki Murakami.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere he writes about his father, the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him into the Second World War. Murakami's father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher. As Haruki grew older—as he became an adult and then a writer, he and his father found they had little in common. They were later estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father's deathbed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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 also on a particular moment of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the Second World War on into the present. Murakami fans may find common themes from beloved novels such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKafka on the Shore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—but will also be surprised by the raw honesty of this beautiful autobiographical piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nekoto Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52512218153234,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/7072\/0786\/files\/IMG-6369.jpg?v=1783817374","url":"https:\/\/nekotobooks.com\/products\/abandoning-a-cat-a-personal-story-preorder-oct-20-2026","provider":"Nekoto Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}