

“If Cats Disappeared from the World” has sold over two million copies worldwide and has been translated into 18 languages. And so begins a very bizarre week.īecause how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil the narrator will take himself, and his beloved cat, to the brink. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live.īut before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. The book is a beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to loved ones, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life. The book has been translated into Persian by Gita Garakani. TEHRAN – Japanese author Genki Kawamura’s debut novel “If Cats Disappeared from the World” has recently been published in Persian by Negah Publications. Fans of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World. This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life. īecause how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself – and his beloved cat – to the brink. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live.

A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
