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Barcode30293102281487
StatusChecked Out
LocationClark County
Call NoF Shig
TitleThe blanket cats / Kiyoshi Shigematsu ; translated by Jesse Kirkwood.
AuthorShigematsu, Kiyoshi, 1963- author.
CollectionF
Total Circ1
NumReserves1
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102281487F Shig2/22/2025 Due on 3/26/2025Bookmobile

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593852705 ebook
International Standard Book Number 9780593852699 hardcover
International Standard Book Number 0593852699 hardcover
Personal Name Shigematsu, Kiyoshi, 1963- author.
Uniform Title Buranketto kyattsu. English
Title Statement The blanket cats / Kiyoshi Shigematsu ; translated by Jesse Kirkwood.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025.
Physical Description 263 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note "Originally published in Japanese as Buranketto Kyattsu, by Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., Tokyo, Japan."--Title page verso.
Summary, Etc. "Are three days with a cat long enough to change a life? A peculiar pet shop in Tokyo has been known to offer customers the unique opportunity to take home one of seven special cats, whose "magic" is never promised, but always received. But there are rules: these cats must be returned after three days. They must eat only the food supplied by the owner, and they must travel to their new homes with a distinctive blanket. In The Blanket Cats, we meet seven customers each of whom is hoping a temporary feline companion will help them escape a certain reality, including a couple struggling with infertility, a middle-aged woman on the run from the police, and two families in very different circumstances simply seeking joy. But like all their kind, the "blanket cats" are mysterious creatures with unknowable agendas, who delight in confounding expectations. And perhaps what their hosts are looking for isn't really what they need. Three days may not be enough to change a life. But it might just change how you see it."-- Provided by publisher.
Language note Translated from the Japanese.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Cats Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Human-animal relationships Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Pet shops Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Tokyo (Japan) Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Domestic fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Animal fiction.
Added Entry, Personal Name Kirkwood, Jesse, translator.

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