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Dacă pisicile ar dispărea din lume

by Genki Kawamura, Magdalena Ciubăncan

2012•Editura Humanitas•RO
About the book

A young postman receives a terminal diagnosis and a visit from a devil who offers him a specific trade: for every object he chooses to erase from existence, he gains one additional day of life. The protagonist systematically agrees to remove telephones, then clocks, and eventually movies, watching as the world simplifies but his personal history dissolves. Each disappearance severs a connection to his past, including his relationship with an ex-girlfriend and his estranged father. When the devil demands the removal of cats, the man must decide if his pet, Cabbage, and the memory of his deceased mother are worth more than his final hours.

Readers who enjoy Japanese fiction or philosophical allegories find here a meditation on the weight of human attachments. The narrative provides a framework for evaluating which daily habits are distractions and which are fundamental to personal identity. Instead of abstract theories about mortality, the book offers a concrete look at how material possessions serve as anchors for memory. The reader walks away with a perspective on how the absence of small, mundane things can fundamentally alter the landscape of a human life and its legacy.

Reading profile

Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

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Insights from Dacă pisicile ar dispărea din lume

“Pentru a câștiga ceva, trebuie să pierzi ceva.”

E groaznic să te gândești că viața ta valorează cât un ceas sau un telefon. Diavolul ăla în cămașă hawaiiană chiar te pune să alegi între obiecte și amintiri.

Dacă dispar telefoanele, pierzi și numerele oamenilor pe care nu îi mai poți suna niciodată. Tehnologia e singura legătură cu cei care au plecat deja.

“Vă mulțumesc că m-ați lăsat să fiu mama voastră.”

Scrisoarea mamei m-a distrus complet. Uneori părinții ne cunosc mai bine decât ne vom cunoaște noi vreodată.

“Pisicile și oamenii sunt prieteni de mii de ani.”

M-am uitat la motanul meu și am plâns. Lumea fără pisici ar fi un loc mult mai rece și mai pustiu.

Details
Published
2012
Publisher
Editura Humanitas
ISBN
9786060971511
Language
RO

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