by Sōseki Natsume · Neri Pozza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788873059271
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«Io sono un gatto» is the satirical novel by Natsume Sōseki, published by Neri Pozza in paperback (510 pages, in Italian).
A nameless cat lives in a professor's house in early 20th-century Japan, as the Meiji era draws to a close. From its sceptical gaze, it observes the professor's extravagances, the visits of his pedantic friends, and the contradictions of a modernising society. A satire of human folly with a philosopher cat as narrator.
The Italian translation is by Antonietta Pastore, and this 2009 edition belongs to the Le tavole d'oro collection.
For readers of Japanese literary classics and for those seeking a satire featuring a cat.
Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fiction explored themes of individualism, loneliness, and the conflict between traditional Japanese values and the rapid Westernization of the Meiji era. His major works include I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirō (1908), Kokoro (1914), and his unfinished final novel Light and Dark (1916).
