Böcker av Hiro Arikawa

Over four million copies sold in Japan'You will be wrapped in laughter and tears' Reader review*****'What I love about it is its Kindness' Reader review*****'I wanted to tap the shoulders of the characters' Reader review*****Famously scenic, the Hankyu commuter train trundles daily through Japanese landscape unaware of the heartaches of the passengers it carries.On the outward journey we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters as we puzzle out how they will unravel; on the return journey six months later, we watch them resolve:- a young man meets the young woman, who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can take it out himself- a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad- a university student leaves his hometown for the first time- a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend;- an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.As the seasons come around, so the Hankyu line trundles on carrying the lives and loves of its passengers ever forwards.

The bestselling new book by the author of the award-winning ,THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES'Bewitching and comforting' TELEGRAPHIt's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side.Seven wry and heart-melting tales of cats and their humans, including an episode featuring Nana from THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, who once again is refusing to be re-homed by his despairing owner. A father and son visit the 'island of cats', so-called for all the strays who gather there as a boy learns to accept his father's new wife; in 'Tom, Damn Tom', a woman grows to understand her cat will never give up his early morning wake-up caterwauling; in 'Schrodinger's Cat', a father learns from his cat how to be the better father and husband; and the titular 'The Goodbye Cat' yearns to outlive his owner so that he won't have to see his passing ...The Goodbye Cat is wholeheartedly and unabashedly about love and the celebration of the wondrous spell cats cast on our relationships with them, with other humans, and indeed with the world.READERS LOVE THE GOODBYE CAT- Wonderful! These cats are charming and truly come alive. The book is full of human - or rather, cat kindness*****- Not all the stories have happy endings, and some make you cry, but the book leaves you with a warm feeling inside*****- I read this book right after The Travelling Cat Chronicles and it really got to me. I can't wait to read more books by Arikawa*****- Irresistible. This is the first time since The Travelling Cat Chronicles that I cried my eyes out*****- I'm glad I didn't read it outside because I couldn't stop crying. Truly heartwarming*****