I Am a Cat Soseki Natsume (2025)

Discover the original Japanese cat classic in a vibrant new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City. I am a Cat. But I still dont have a name… Once a stray kitten, the narrator is adopted by a local scholar and thrown headfirst into the absurd upper-middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan. Now a noble but somewhat world-weary observer, he has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations of the human race. First published at the turn of the 20th century and regarded as one of Japans most iconic classics, I Am a Cat is a captivating exploration of identity, society and the often bewildering nature of the human condition, all seen through the eyes of a very special and uncompromising cat. Jessie Burton describes it as a biting satire of Meiji-era Japan, while Haruki Murakami calls Soseki the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.