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Words of a Bibliophile
"It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away." —Bee Gees
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
It was pretty easy for me to guess where this simple, quiet novel is heading from the moment I read the synopsis. The anthropomorphic narration of the proud, wisecracking cat Nana is pretty funny. I would argue that human-animal relationship is not the novel's main topic and only serves as a background for the greater theme of interpersonal human connections. Despite the outcome being clear from the get-go, I was still quite touched by the ending.