There is also an English translation of the book.
(Which I think most people who study Japanese are.) Then again, most of them are commonly known references in English and Japanese, so I think the majority of people will get them if they’re interested in Japan and American movies. One of the trickiest parts of this novel might actually be the cultural references. This give most readers a good challenge while not being overwhelmed with too much advanced Japanese. But thanks to contexts it’s easy to guess what these words are and a great learning tool to see them used in a natural way. However, this book is still written for native Japanese people, so there is also some more advanced level vocabulary and kanji. There is a lot of commonly used Japanese language including conversations about movies and vacations. Why Japanese Learners Should Read 世界から猫が消えたなら (If Cats Disappeared from the World)ĭespite the serious subject the Japanese language used is roughly JLPT N3+ level.
However, when reading them in Japanese I found myself re-considering how much time I was spending on my phone and social media, and how I could use that time to read books and learn new things. Critical thinking about the world, morality, and values is so engrained in stories and education in the West, that some reader might find the questions asked in this novel quite shallow. The author described this as a modern fairytale, to teach morals to modern society, which I think he does but in a way that’s aimed at Japanese society. It’s a surprisingly emotional story where you find yourself questioning what you value in life. This is a critically acclaimed novel in Japan which has a movie, manga, audio book, and radio show. Why You Should Read 世界から猫が消えたなら (If Cats Disappeared from the World) You don’t know how important something is until it’s gone. An incredibly strange seven days with me, my cat, and this carefree Devil begins… Value is create when something is removed. But the cheerful Devil grants me one more day to live in exchange for something else around me. How would the world change if chocolate vanished? If phones vanished? Movies? Clocks? Me? What would people gain and what would they lose? A 30-year-old postman asks. I must chose to lose something if I am to live.
Great for: Beginner – Intermediate (JLPT N3+)īookwalker Japan: 世界から猫が消えたなら (Read the first 14 pages with 試し読み!)
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