The Goodbye Cat

Seven stories, each turning on a cat and the person it lives with, make up The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa. The collection follows the same interests as The Travelling Cat Chronicles: companionship, loss, the small daily exchanges between animals and people, and the way an ordinary household animal comes to mark a life. Arikawa writes with warmth and restraint, letting quiet moments carry the weight, and the English translation keeps that register intact. Published by Penguin Publications. Distinctive qualities: • Seven linked stories told around cats and their households • Themes of grief, companionship and hope handled gently • Japanese fiction available in English translation • From the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles For cat lovers, readers of reflective fiction and followers of Japanese literature in translation, published by Penguin Publications and available at Boipoka.