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In turns humorous, literate and brilliantly ahead of it's time, the original Japanese is translated extremely well by the team and the humour and comical restraint of the Japanese original text is e...more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Dec 15 09:29:07 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 09:32:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 19 13:26:12 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:36:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 03 19:53:38 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 20:06:17 -0800 2009 The book is pretty dense beca...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jul 02 09:14:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 09:15:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 20:55:23 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:37:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:02:55 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:06:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 08 23:56:02 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 00:20:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 28 21:04:57 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 09 00:11:29 -0700 2009
I feel your pain Rickshaw Blacky. I feel your pain!

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This book is best read with a nice fat cat curled up in your lap purring away... w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 18:34:13 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 14:08:08 -0700 2008
The story is slow moving at times and the translation poor but not often. Then again translating Japanese to English is very difficul...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 19 10:05:25 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 31 16:55:29 -0800 2008
A collection of anecdotes told from the perspective of an ordinary albeit extremely intellig...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:17:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:20:57 -0700 2009
I really liked the idea behind it and I think he did a good job with the cat's perspective. I couldn't stand any of the human characters (which I think was the point) and most of the morals of the long-winded stories were lost on me. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:19:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 13:22:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Jan 25 08:27:42 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 08:30:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 06 10:59:30 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:01:47 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 20:45:09 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 09:33:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Sep 04 21:13:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 21:18:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 01 19:43:59 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 11:01:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 26 03:01:44 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 03:02:11 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=62772