- Akutagawa Prize 2000 (first half) · Candidate
猫の喪中
Neko no mochū
“Mourning the Cat” (title translated by AI)
Yojiro Sato (佐藤洋二郎, born 1949)
English editions
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A man buries the cat he kept for fifteen years with full honours, though he never adored it, and is left facing his own age and an indifferent world.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 194 pages in the original
- First published
- 2000 by Shueisha
- Author's age
- 51 when first published
- ISBN
9784087744873 (original)