I am a Cat

Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. Natsume Soseki, Aiko Ito, ISBN-13 9780804832656, September 2001, 480 pages, paperback, Dimensions 5.3 x 8 in.