De kat en de stad van Nick Bradley speelt zich af in Tokyo, waar een lapjeskat zich geruisloos door de straten beweegt. Op elk nieuw pad dat ze kiest, raakt ze het leven van enkele ogenschijnlijk willekeurige bewoners van de miljoenenstad, en ze verbindt hen op onverwachte wijze. Maar de stad verandert en de kat wordt langzaam maar zeker verdreven naar de achterbuurten. Daar komt ze in aanraking met enkele outcasts, van een dakloze die zich schuilhoudt in een vervallen hotel en een kluizenaar...

From the author of The Cat and The City - 'vibrant and accomplished' David Mitchell - a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.

Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo Subway. From the very first page, Flo is transformed and immediately feels compelled to translate this forgotten novel, a d...

The new novel from the author of The Cat and The City.

Flo is sick of Tokyo. She is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up, and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a drunken passenger on the Tokyo Subway. She starts to read...

SOUND OF WATER

Kyo has failed his university entrance exams, split up with his girlfriend and is sent by his busy mother to a cram school in Onomichi, a small coastal town where he will stay ...