猫を棄てる | Abandoning a Cat: Memories of My Father

Title: 猫を棄てる 父親について語るとき
Authors: 村上　春樹 著, 高　妍 画
Pages: 101P
Published At: April, 2020
Description:
Haruki Murakami's first nonfiction work tracing his own roots, in which the author, who inherited his father's memories of experiencing war in China, confronts the history shared between father and son.

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