Xia Mus works are famous for their rich imagination and exquisite words. "Brother" and "Im a cat", written in the haiku magazine "Zigui" in his early years, are light, free and easy, and full of wit. They are the mainstream of new Edo art in the Meiji literary world. There is no match in the world.

-Lu Xun

1867.2.9-1916.12.9
His real name is Xia mujins help (なつめきんのすけ), a Japanese writer, critic and English scholar. Representative works include "Im a cat", "brother", "San Siro" and so on.
Natsume Soseki enjoys a high position in the history of modern Japanese literature and is known as"National Writers"。 He has high attainments in both eastern and Western cultures. When writing novels, he is good at using couplets, overlapping sentences, humorous language and novel forms. Many scholars came out of his door, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa was also promoted by him.
Because of Natsume Sosekis great contribution to Japanese literature, his head was printed on a one thousand yen note. Therefore, many Japanese young people will jokingly call him"Aujisan on the previous 1000 yen"。

His representative works include "Im a cat", "elder brother", "Yu meicao", "San Siro", "later things", "door", etc.

"Im a cat" is from Japan"National Master"Natsume Sosekis masterpiece has a far-reaching impact on Japanese literature.

The writing angle of I am a cat is very novel, observing the people and things around me from the perspective of a cat. The cat lived in a teachers home and saw all kinds of literati: a mysterious pavilion with no heart, no lung and no reason for fear of chaos in the world; Old fashioned and meticulous, a little do not know the flexibility of the cold moon; Idealism is the only immortal with empty theory and no practice......Of course, there is also the owner of the cat. He is pedantic and impatient. He works for three minutes and is self righteous. In the eyes of the cat, these people get together to discuss meaningless things all day. If they are dissatisfied with the reality, they will only complain. For example, the bitter Shami is made miserable by the pranks of the students in the private school and ridiculed by the neighbors, but there is nothing they can do. At the same time, the cat also saw other people of different classes from the bitter Shami: they are snobbish and want to marry their daughter"Big nose", the wife of capitalist Jin Tian; Jin Tian, a capitalist who was angry with his wife and sent someone to frame him after knowing that the bitter Sami sarcastically obstructed his daughters marriage; There are also a group of poor people who were born and moved by money to help the Jintian family laugh at the neighbors who framed the poor Shami......In the eyes of these ugly cats.

The whole novel can be summarized into five words"Cat eyes see the world", more than a dozen characters, large and small, in the novel are characterized by distinctive characters, ingenious conception, exaggerated description, flexible structure and distinctive artistic characteristics.

"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesnt have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isnt much good for anything except watching human beings in action…" —The New Yorker

Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsumes comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.

A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Sosekis best-known novels. Considered by many as the most significant writer in modern Japanese history, Sosekis I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.

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Pocket version andBritish paperbackandA4Comparison chart of standard paper size

Pocket version andAmerican paperbackandA4Comparison chart of standard paper size

British paperback and American paperbackA4Comparison chart of standard paper size