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_q(hardcover)
040 _cHSLRC
050 _aFIC .Sh54bl 2024
082 _223/eng/20250218
_a895.63/6
100 _aShigematsu, Kiyoshi,
_d1963-
_eauthor.
_960986
240 _aBuranketto kyattsu.
245 _aThe blanket cats /
_cKiyoshi Shigematsu ; translated by Jesse Kirkwood.
264 _aNew York :
_bG.P. Putnam's Sons,
_c[2024]
300 _a263 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aOriginally published in Japanese, as (Buranketto Kyattsu) by Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
500 _aEnglish translation first published in Great Britain in 2024 by MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd., a Hachette UK company.
500 _aPublication information taken from publisher's website.
505 _tThe cat who sneezed -- The cat in the passenger seat -- The cat with no tail -- The cat who knew how to pretend -- The cat no one liked -- The cat who went on a journey -- The cat dreams were made of.
520 _aIn a quirky Tokyo pet shop, seven struggling customers take home "blanket cats" for three days, hoping these temporary companions will help them escape their realities, including a couple facing infertility and a woman on the run, but the cats challenge their expectations and perceptions of happiness.
546 _aIn English, translated from Japanese.
650 _aCats
_vFiction.
_960987
650 _aHuman-animal relationships
_vFiction.
_960988
650 _aPet shops
_vFiction.
_960989
651 _aTokyo (Japan)
_vFiction.
_960990
655 _aDomestic fiction.
_960991
655 _aAnimal fiction.
_960992
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c98840
_d98840