{"product_id":"9781529922813","title":"Mornings with My Cat Mii","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Cat lovers, prepare to weep' The Times\n\u003cbr\u003e'A cat classic' Catherine Lacey\n\u003cbr\u003e'Profoundly real... and beautifully written' Elif Batuman\n\u003cbr\u003e'Aglow with incidental joys' Rivka Galchen\n\u003cbr\u003e*Winner of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize 2026*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry. She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo's Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii: so begins an unshakeable bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own. Through it all, Mii, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship: it's a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create and to build a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Reveals the profound respect, and compassion, that a friendship with an animal can inspire' Sigrid Nunez, New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Readers ADORE Mii**\n\u003cbr\u003e'A lovely little gem'\n\u003cbr\u003e'Gentle and enchanting and had me in floods by the end'\n\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely beautiful'\n\u003cbr\u003e'Sweet and heartbreaking'\n\u003cbr\u003e'Told with grace, beauty and love'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241248305387,"sku":"EB_SS0700_B26-02_SIMS","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781529922813-1.jpg?v=1785767044","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9781529922813","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}