The Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo They work at home as freelance writers They no longer have very much to say to one another One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen She is a beautiful creature She leaves but the next day comes again & then again & again New small joys accompany the cat; the days have more light & colour Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband & wife; they go walking together talk & share stories of the cat & its little ways play in the nearby Garden But then something happens that will change everything again The Guest Cat is an exceptionally moving & beautiful novel about the nature of life & the way it feels to live it Written by Japanese poet & novelist Takashi Hiraide the book won Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award & was a bestseller in France & America