if cats disappeared from the world a novel

Mom often told me this, she considered it one of the laws of the universe.” Even happiness is built on someone else’s misfortune. If you’ve gained something it means that someone, somewhere, has lost something.

People are always trying to get something for nothing.

“In order to gain something you have to lose something. I’ll leave you with some of my favourite lines from the book. I can’t wait to read more of Genki Kawamura’s books. I loved ‘ If Cats Disappeared From The World‘. I loved most of the characters in the book, including the narrator’s cat Cabbage, who is featured on the cover. There is not a single unnecessary sentence, there is no wasted word. Genki Kawamura’s prose is stylish and charming and grabs our attention from the first sentence and doesn’t let go till the last. The story looks deceptively simple on the surface, but there is more to it than meets the eye, because that surface contains hidden depths. In this book, Genki Kawamura takes the Faustian fable, makes the Devil stylish, puts a cat in it, sets the events in contemporary times, and we get a story which is charming, cool, stylish and humorous, but at the same time poignant, sad, insightful and heartbreaking. To find out what happens next and how it all ends, you should read the book. And the Devil tells this young man that he is going to die the next day, but he can extend his life by one more day, if he decides to make one thing disappear across the world. The Devil looks exactly like this young man, but is more cool, more stylish. While he is in shock still trying to process this news, the Devil turns up at this young man’s house. One day he discovers that he has brain tumour and his days are numbered. This timeless tale from Genki Kawamura (producer of the Japanese blockbuster animated movie Your Name) is a moving story of loss and reconciliation, and of one man’s journey to discover what really matters most in life.The story told in Genki Kawamura’s ‘ If Cats Disappeared From The World‘ goes like this. With each object that disappears, the postman reflects on the life he’s lived, his joys and regrets, and the people he’s loved and lost. And so begins a very strange week that brings the young postman and his beloved cat to the brink of existence. But before he can tackle his bucket list, the devil shows up to make him an offer: In exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, the postman will be granted one extra day of life. Estranged from his family and living alone with only his cat, Cabbage, to keep him company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. The international phenomenon that has sold more than two million copies, If Cats Disappeared from the World-now a Japanese film-is a heartwarming, funny, and profound meditation on the meaning of life.

If cats disappeared from the world a novel