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I Am a Cat (Japanese: 吾輩は猫である, Hepburn: Wagahai wa Neko de Aru) is a satirical novel written in 1905–1906 by Natsume Sōseki about Japanese society during the Meiji period (1868–1912), particularly the uneasy mix of Western culture and Japanese traditions.
- Soseki Natsume
- 1905
Natsume Sōseki, Graeme Wilson (Translator), Aiko Ito (Translator) 3.69. 14,470 ratings1,723 reviews. Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era.
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Feb 13, 2023 · The novel tells the story of a cat who observes and comments on the human world with wit and irony. It is a humorous and learned work that reflects the author's knowledge of Western and Eastern literature and culture.
May 16, 2018 · A review of Natsume Soseki's novel I Am a Cat, a satire of human nature and society through the voice of a cynical cat. The novel was serialized in 1905-1906 and became a bestseller in Japan.
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Richly allegorical and delightfully readable, I Am a Cat is the chronicle of an unloved, unwanted, wandering kitten who spends all his time observing human nature - from the dramas of businessmen and schoolteachers to the foibles of priests and potentates.
Dec 12, 2021 · This English version of 吾輩は猫である (Wagahai-wa neko de aru: I Am a Cat), Chapters I and II, written by Natsume Sōseki, pseudonym of Natsume Kinnosuke (1867–1916), and translated by Kan-ichi Ando (1878-1924), was published by Hattori Shoten, Tokyo, in 1906. It begins: "I am a cat; but as yet I have no name."
