If Cats Disappeared from the world

by Genki Kawamura

It was a curious pick for me. I don’t usually choose books from Japanese writers, not being racist or anything, just that sometimes what they write doesn’t resonate much with me. However when I saw the title, curiosity still took over and I took it from the shelves and read the blurb.

“What would you sacrifice for an extra day of life?”

If Cats Disappeared from the World.

That one line was what captured me and I checked out the book and began reading it at home. Truthfully, it was an interesting.

It’s nothing complicated, if you are a fast reader, you could finish it really fast (like maybe a day) but this book, it provided great meaning to life, how one face death and the realization between living and death. It gave out an interesting perspective.

I would recommend it.

“So there’s really no such thing as too late or too soon.”

“That’s a nice way of thinking about it.”

“Don’t you think so? Anyway, I just thought I’d throw that in as an extra freebie since this is the last time we’ll be seeing each other. Make sure the last thing you do is done with passion. Go all the way! Well, it’s time now. Goodbye.”

A snippet of conversation from the book.