{"product_id":"9781787305724","title":"Abandoning a Cat","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Murakami, Haruki \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 October 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Harvill) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e206 x 141 x 16 | 296g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated gift edition of the internationally bestselling author's meditation on memory and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Even now, I can relive the shared puzzlement of that summer day when we rode together on his bike to the beach at Koroen to abandon a striped cat, a cat that totally got the better of us...'In this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki Murakami recalls his relationship with his father – the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him to fight in the Second World War. Murakami’s father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher, but as Haruki grew older they found they had less and less in common. They went on to be estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father’s deathbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis haunting personal essay is a reflection on what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son – on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned – and a meditation on a particular era of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the Second World War and on into the present. It is a beautiful short work of family history from one of the world’s most beloved, iconic writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The world’s most popular cult novelist’ Observer‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55713663484280,"sku":"9781787305724","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781787305724.jpg?v=1792841791","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.pro\/products\/9781787305724","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}