If Cats Disappeared from the World

De: Genki Kawamura, Eric Selland - translator

Narrado por: Brian Nishii

A tender, whimsical tale of love, loss, and the quiet miracles of everyday life

When an unexpected diagnosis turns his world upside down, a lonely man, with only Cabbage the cat for company, is faced with an impossible choice. The Devil appears with an offer: if he makes one thing in the world disappear, he can have an extra day of life.

As the days tick by, and with Cabbage by his side, he begins a journey that might just lead him back to the people he thought he’d lost. Before it’s too late…

Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared from the World is a life-affirming meditation on what we leave behind—and what we hold onto until the very end.

'If you're a fan of The Guest Cat (or even just cats generally), you'll love this.' – Sunday Times

©Genki Kawamura 2018 (P)2018 Macmillan Digital Audio

Love these stories with cats. :)

A deep story, lots of thinking, several funny moments, fewer cats. :)
Recommended if you liked Travelling Cat Chronicles.

I loved the book ❤️❤️❤️

A story about a small family, their cats and life itself. Quite amusing as well.

thought provoking

a short, and worthwhile book .
it could have been longer ,but the 2 first hours of the book was the best .

Deep thoughts yet casual storytelling

I loved how casual the story was told for some deep thoughts of personal issues. Also reminders for readers on how we place importance on certain things in life over the trivials. Loved it

Full of deepities, but very little substance

The main character in this book is certainly not a philosopher. As such his thoughts about the world, even as he faces his own mortality, seem trivial at best and plainly false at worst. Insofar as there is any profundity to be found here, in the last two chapters perhaps, even this short book make the journey to get to it feel overly long.
The language is prosaic to the point of feeling a little plain. That in and of it self is not a bad thing, but when the substance is this thin it would have been nice to have something more stirring in terms of the form, to hold on to along the way.