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Natsume Sōseki: 吾輩は猫である (Japanese language, 1905, Tuttle Publishing) 4 stars

I Am a Cat (Japanese: 吾輩は猫である, Hepburn: Wagahai wa Neko de Aru) is a satirical …

I am a cat

4 stars

Fun book which does what it says on the tin - the narrator is a cat without a name. The cat enjoys catlike things such as sitting in warm cozy spots, avoiding being tormented by small children, and listening to its high-faluting full-of-himself owner and his friends trying to outdo each other in conversation. Also an interesting look at how middle-class Japan of the very early twentieth century seemed to think about itself.