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The Cat and The City

Author(s): Nick Bradley

Location(s): Tokyo

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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In Tokyo – one of the world’s largest megacities – a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways.

But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers – from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo’s denizens, drawing them ever closer.

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Author: tripfiction

These short stories cannot be categorised by genre. They are a trawl through the city of Tokyo, a vehicle to show the reader the diverse layers of this vibrant metropolis, through fiction, magical realism,...

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