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Mornings With My Cat Miiâ
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The Story
| On a
cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry. She follows
the sound to the banks of Tokyoâs Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten
dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the
cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her
Mii: so begins an unshakeable bond. Over the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own. Through it all, Mii, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse. This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship: itâs a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create and to build a life. |
Description
| On a
cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry. She follows
the sound to the banks of Tokyoâs Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten
dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the
cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her
Mii: so begins an unshakeable bond. Over the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own. Through it all, Mii, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse. This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship: itâs a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create and to build a life. |
