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The Cat Who Saved Books
by Sōsuke Natsukawa
THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS, SOSUKE NATSUKAWA
Reading is a lonely activity. We read a book, maybe twice. There are very few who visit the book every year or regularly. Then some like to accumulate books. The Japanese word for a person who owns a lot of unread books is TSUNDOKU. Do you reread books? Do you like to display the books that you have read? Do you throw away books after you have read them?
The cat who saved books is a very sweet, easy read portraying the essence of valuing books, reading books, and discussing and sharing them.
The story revolves around a high school boy named Rintaro Natsuki. He loves to read. He has just lost his grandfather. They own a small, preloved bookshop. The shop is well known for the fact that any obscure book would be available at this shop. His grandpa made it a point to have all the best books.
It’s a very interesting read and a fast-moving novella. The best part about books by Japanese authors is that they have cats. In the case of this book, it has a talking cat, Tiger. According to Japanese folklore, cats symbolise good luck, fortune and supposedly have protective powers. Rintaro and the cat go through four labyrinths to save books.
The book teaches everybody about the way people think about books, layman’s perspective, publishers’ perspective, and a reader’s perspective.
In my view, in this age of eCommerce, is it correct to ask everybody to switch over to eBooks? Based on data produced by UNESCO, every year approx. 2.2 million books are published. 15 billion trees are felled every year, to make books and textbooks.
Reading is a lonely activity. We read a book, maybe twice. There are very few who visit the book every year or regularly. Then some like to accumulate books. The Japanese word for a person who owns a lot of unread books is TSUNDOKU. Do you reread books? Do you like to display the books that you have read? Do you throw away books after you have read them?
The cat who saved books is a very sweet, easy read portraying the essence of valuing books, reading books, and discussing and sharing them.
The story revolves around a high school boy named Rintaro Natsuki. He loves to read. He has just lost his grandfather. They own a small, preloved bookshop. The shop is well known for the fact that any obscure book would be available at this shop. His grandpa made it a point to have all the best books.
It’s a very interesting read and a fast-moving novella. The best part about books by Japanese authors is that they have cats. In the case of this book, it has a talking cat, Tiger. According to Japanese folklore, cats symbolise good luck, fortune and supposedly have protective powers. Rintaro and the cat go through four labyrinths to save books.
The book teaches everybody about the way people think about books, layman’s perspective, publishers’ perspective, and a reader’s perspective.
In my view, in this age of eCommerce, is it correct to ask everybody to switch over to eBooks? Based on data produced by UNESCO, every year approx. 2.2 million books are published. 15 billion trees are felled every year, to make books and textbooks.