A charming and heartwarming Japanese tale about the importance and magic of books, for all who love reading them.
Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookshop he inherited from his beloved grandfather. Then, a talking cat named Tiger appears with an unusual request. The cat needs Rintaro's help to save books that have been imprisoned, destroyed and unloved. Their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing journey, where they enter different labyrinths to set books free. Through their travels, Tiger and Rintaro meet a man who locks up his books, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publisher who only wants to sell books like disposable products. Then, finally, there is a mission that Rintaro must complete alone . . .
An enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai, is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper.
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction and Related items, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Death - grief - loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Nature and the natural world: general interest
Age: From 18 years
Paperback
Sosuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai, Louise Heal Kawai
224 pages
H: 197mm W: 133mm Spine: 19mm
Weight: 212 grams