A thirty-year-old postman in Japan, who lives alone with his cat Cabbage, learns that he has a brain tumor and only days to live. The devil appears, looking like him in a loud Hawaiian shirt, and offers a deal: for each day of extra life, the postman must choose one thing to be removed from the world. The first things are phones, then movies, then clocks, and each deletion makes him think about the people connected with them, including an ex-girlfriend, an old friend and his late mother. When the devil proposes to remove cats, he has to decide how much life is worth. Genki Kawamura writes in a quiet, reflective style.
It suits readers who like gentle, bittersweet fiction about mortality and relationships, and who enjoy short, easy-to-read chapters with a touch of fantasy.
Inward-looking and contemplative; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Einaudi
- ISBN
- 9788858431573
- Language
- IT
