I Am a Cat (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Kinnosuke Natsume
- First Published: 1905
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: 1905-1906
- Setting: The house and neighborhood of a schoolteacher in Tokyo
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Philosophy or philosophers, Twentieth century, Marriage, Cats, East and West, Tokyo
- Locales: Tokyo, Japan
Characters Discussed
The narrator, a nameless, stray tomcat of obscure origin that has been adopted by the Kushami family of Tokyo. Plain and nondescript in appearance, it is somewhat Persian in type and light grayish yellow in coloring. A creature of feeling and of a sensitive nature, it is highly intelligent, able to read and write the Japanese language. It is curious in its exploration of the world and an acute observer of the lives of human beings, in relation to whom, however, it feels definitely superior. Its principal deficiency is that it is cowardly and unable to catch...
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