Sōseki Project

I am a Cat (吾輩わがはいは猫ねこである) 1905

A lost cat takes up residence in the home of a teacher, from where he offers a no-holds-barred commentary on his master, his master’s household, the neighborhood, Japanese society, and human beings in general.

With audio by Fujii Naoko (藤井直子)

(notes: this lengthy work is less a novel and more a series of episodes – it can as well be read in pieces as straight through; Chapter 1 was initially written as stand-alone – there is some discontinuity between Chapter 1 and the following chapters)

← {in process – Chapter 10 (part a) uploaded August 30, 2022}