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    I Am A Cat (excerpt)
    I Am A Cat (excerpt)
    I Am A Cat (excerpt)
    Audiobook3 hours

    I Am A Cat (excerpt)

    Written by Natsume Soseki

    Narrated by Peter Eastman

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    About this audiobook

    These are the first two chapters of Natsume Soseki's masterpiece, "I Am A Cat" (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru). It is recognized as a landmark of modern Japanese literature, with its humorous but insightful depiction of society as seen through the eyes of a cat. The full work was published in serial form, in ten installments, in 1905-1906. Soon after, Kan-ichi Ando published an English translation of the first two chapters. Sadly, there is no translation of the full work in the public domain, but because of its episodic structure, this excerpt can easily stand on its own. - Summary by Peter Eastman
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    I Am A Cat (excerpt)
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    Natsume Soseki

    Natsume Sōseki, seudónimo literario de Natsume Kinnosuke, nació en 1867 cerca de Edo (la actual Tokio). Descendiente de una familia de samuráis venida a menos, fue el menor de seis hermanos. Cuando tenía dos años, sus padres lo entregaron en adopción a uno de sus sirvientes y a su mujer, con quienes viviría hasta los nueve años.

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