Hiro Arikawa

Nov 22, 2024 | sacbee.com | Toshikazu Kawaguchi |Hiro Arikawa

All books provide an escape, but great books—the ones you clutch close to your chest after reading the last page—offer readers a life-affirming blend of comfort and reassurance. And lately, no genre does this quite as well as ‘healing fiction.’ Originally popular in Japan and Korea, this niche fiction genre often features adorable feline characters, ordinary locations like bookstores or laundromats, whimsical charm and inspiring life lessons—and right now American readers can’t get enough.

Oct 20, 2023 | thestate.com | Sophie Kinsella |Hiro Arikawa

Welcome, fellow book and literature lovers, to the 17th week of the Woman’s World — also known as WW — book club!As you know, every week our book editors will introduce you to seven brand-new page-turners that are just right for women over 45. We hope you will find a few jewels that are a perfect addition to your reading lists, your book club line-ups and/or your nightstand pile.

Oct 3, 2023 | redcarpetcrash.com | Hiro Arikawa |Philip Gabriel

Against the backdrop of changing seasons in Japan, we meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose playful nature and simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a popular holiday island show a young boy not to stand in nature’s way; a family is perplexed by their cat’s undying devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father; a woman curses how her cat will not stop visiting her at night; and an elderly cat hatches a plan to...

Sep 4, 2023 | barnesandnoble.com | Brittany Bunzey |Hiro Arikawa |Michiko Aoyama |Satoshi Yagisawa

Make a Bad Day Better With a Good Book: Cats, Coffee and Comforting Japanese Fiction A purring cat curled in your lap, a good cup of coffee, sitting in a café with a good book — these are just a few of our favorite things. With whimsy, tenderness and adventure, these novels, translated from the Japanese, have our whole hearts, and we know they’ll capture yours too.

Apr 4, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Hiro Arikawa

by Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel [Trans.] |Read by George BlagdenFiction • 6 hrs. • Unabridged •© 2018This quirky, gentle tale of the friendship between a Japanese man and his beloved pet is told by Nana the cat. The audiobook is more poignant and less ridiculous than it sounds. George Blagden narrates with a quiet formality suitable for this story, translated from Japanese, and especially for the dignified feline's point of view.