"I wonder where it all comes from - this need to go to the place where the body has been laid to rest.
Put aside your cultural blinders long enough, and you may be pleasantly surprised. I strongly disagree: I think the book's ending masterfully illustrates how the passage of time affects us all while providing closure to its readers. One can never hope to grab hold of them, only to appreciate them from afar, just like the book's protagonists did with Chibi.įurthermore, one reviewer on Amazon complained that the ending was weak. I would argue that this book is about the elusiveness of a solution to life's countless mysteries. The NPR description of this book as a story about a cat who brings an overworked couple together is all wrong, however. It's so descriptive that at many points I found myself wishing I had an iota of artistic talent to sketch out the grounds of the mansion, guest house, and garden. Its poetry is in its illustration of people, places, and things, not of events, which is pretty counter to my experience of Western literature. The book is very Japanese in that it focuses/describes one element at a time. I'm no expert in literature, but I'd hazard a guess that any problems readers may have with this book are based in cultural differences rather than any literary failings with the book itself.
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