Maoke
About This Novel
The winning work of the Kiyama Teppei Literary Award, the changes of the four seasons, the heart of mourning for things, and the adverse journey of life, are really based on the gentle handover with life. This is a private novel with beautiful language and full of Japanese sentiment. German illustrator Kunt Buchz has created dozens of exquisite illustrations. "I", who was nearly middle-aged, was originally an editor of a publishing house. After witnessing the deaths of poets who were my old friends, I realized that I needed to concentrate on my creation. I quit my job, lived in a side room of a quiet old house with my wife, and began a leisurely creative career. "I" and my wife have no children. When we moved in, the landlady made it clear that "pets are not allowed," so we had no worries. But one day the little boy next door picked up a kitten. From then on, the kitten "Xiao Xiao" often came to my house to visit us, and we gradually became familiar with him. There is a tender feeling of dependence and care between humans and small animals. Unexpectedly, one day the kitten was accidentally run over and killed by a car. After that, the old landlord and his wife fell ill one after another, the old man passed away, and the old lady moved into a senior citizen apartment. The old house gradually withered, and we finally moved out of the old house. Among the family of stray cats in front of the new apartment, one of them unexpectedly resembled Xiaoxiao...
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