Enjoy a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Natsume Soseki, Japan's greatest modern novelist, in this sly, comic tale of cats, humans, and the absurdities of friendship From Japan's most famous, classic novelist comes a remarkable gem of wit, irony, and feline observation A stray kitten, catapulted to literary fame loudly observes the world of Meiji Japan in all its absurdity. But he's not the only cat in the neighbourhood, and as he rallies against the stupidity of human habit, he grows closer to the sophisticated Miss Calico - but he can't hide his own inadequacies for long. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

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ISBN13: 9781529983654
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 112
Edition:
Publication Date: 20 Oct 2026
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x0.9(W)100
Weight (gm): 100

Author Biography

Nick Bradley (Translator) Nick Bradley is the author of THE CAT AND THE CITY (2020) and FOUR SEASONS IN JAPAN (2023). In 2024 he was chosen by The British Council and The National Centre for Writing as one of ten rising stars in UK writing. His work has so far been translated into twenty languages. He lived in Japan for many years where he worked as a translator, and currently teaches on the Creative Writing master's programme at the University of Cambridge and also taught on the Creative Writing Prose Fiction MA at UEA.

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