Fleet, funny and tender... Arikawa clearly knows cats as well as any human can.
TIME
A book about kindness and love, and about how the smallest things can provide happiness
Stylist
Arikawa has a lightness of touch that elevates this to a tale about loyalty and friendship ... while speaking to our ... Read morebasic human need for companionship
JOHN BOYNE
Irish Times
Prepare to have your heart strings tugged by this quirky tale . . . It's a deceptively gentle story that you won't need to be a cat lover to fall for.
Sunday Mirror
Sweet, sad and lovely, this is a roadtrip novel with a difference
Psychologies Magazine
Heart-wrenching but uplifting
Red Magazine
The Travelling Cat Chronicles is why I read books. This beautiful story has everything. It's funny, heart-warming, heart-breaking and kind.
Foreword Books
This is the book I am giving everyone . . . the book I am recommending to anyone buying something Japan-related or cat-related, and, quite possibly, the book I am placing in someone's hand when they ask me what my favourite book is. For a bookseller, that is the highest accolade a book can ever receive.
Cat McMillan
Waterstones York, Bookseller
Stunningly beautiful. Tender, warm, sad and uplifting
The Last Word Review
A beautiful travelogue
Sydney Morning Herald
This story of a cat, a man, self-sacrifice and friendship will have you totally captivated ... An addictive tale of friendship and love.
Woman's Weekly, Australia
I would urge people not to dismiss this as a 'cat book'; it is too much about human interaction and relationships to be so simply defined. A novel with wide appeal. I predict it will make a popular Christmas gift.
Readings, Australian Independent bookshop guide
The Travelling Cat Chronicles is as much a loving tribute to Japan's obsession with and reverence for cats as it is an endearing introduction for non-Japanese readers to the country's ever-fascinating culture and deeply rooted traditions.
Alexis Burling
San Francisco Chronicle
I'm not ashamed to say it had me at meow.
Washington Post
A book that stands out within the world of cat literature ... and it's a world worth exploring.
Time
I found myself sobbing ... unable, unwilling, to let this little book go.
NPR
A book that speaks volumes about our need for connection - human, feline or otherwise.
San Francisco Chronicle
This touching novel of a brave cat and his gentle, wise human will resonate with lovers of animal tales, quiet stories of friendship, and travelogues alike.
Publishers Weekly
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