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A Life-affirming Anthem To Kindness And Self-sacrifice, The Travelling Cat Chronicles Shows How The Smallest Things Can Provide The Greatest Joy. We Take Journeys To Explore Exotic New Places And To Return To The Comforts Of Home, To Visit Old Acquaintances And To Make New Friends. But The Most Important Journey Is The One That Shows Us How To Follow Our Hearts... An Instant International Bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles Has Charmed Readers Around The World. With Simple Yet Descriptive Prose, This Novel Gives Voice To Nana The Cat And His Owner, Satoru, As They Take To The Road On A Journey With No Other Purpose Than To Visit Three Of Satoru's Longtime Friends. Or So Nana Is Led To Believe... With His Crooked Tail--a Sign Of Good Fortune--and Adventurous Spirit, Nana Is The Perfect Companion For The Man Who Took Him In As A Stray. And As They Travel In A Silver Van Across Japan, With Its Ever-changing Scenery And Seasons, They Will Learn The True Meaning Of Courage And Gratitude, Of Loyalty And Love-- Hiro Arikawa ; Translated From The Japanese By Philip Gabriel. Originally Published In Japanese As Tabineko Ripoto -- Verso Title Page. A Reissue Of The 2017 Edition Published By Doubleday (london). In English, Translated From The Japanese. **A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection—human, feline or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice that shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy—the perfect gift for cat lovers and travellers!** *We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts...* An instant international bestseller and indie bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers around the world. With simple yet descriptive prose, this novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru's longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe... With his crooked tail—a sign of good fortune—and adventurous spirit, Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love. **On New York Post's Required Reading List** A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection—human, feline or otherwise” ( The San Francisco Chronicle ), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice that shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy—the perfect gift for cat lovers and travellers! We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts... An instant international bestseller and indie bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers around the world. With simple yet descriptive prose, this novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru's longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe... With his crooked tail—a sign of good fortune—and adventurous spirit, Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love. On New York Post 's Required Reading List "A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice, 'The Travelling Cat Chronicles' shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy. We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts... An instant international bestseller, 'The Travelling Cat Chronicles' has charmed readers around the world. With simple yet descriptive prose, this novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru's longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe... With his crooked tail--a sign of good fortune--and adventurous spirit, Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love."-- Provided by publisher Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner Satoru in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn't know why and Satoru won't say. Set against the backdrop of Japan's changing seasons and narrated with a rare gentleness and striking humour, Nana's story explores the wonder and thrill of life's unexpected detours. It is about the value of friendship and solitude, and knowing when to give and when to take °°°PHILIP GABRIEL is Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Arizona. He has translated numerous works by Haruki Murakami, including Kafka on the Shore (winner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize) & the short-story collection First Person Singular. He has also recently translated the novels The Travelling Cat Chronicles, The Forest of Wool & Steel & Lonely Castle in the Mirror.