“A cat, a man, and two women (Neko to Syoujyo to Futari no onna)” by Junichiro Tanizaki

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A famous Japanese fiction from Showa period novelist, Junichiro Tanizaki, “A cat, a man, and two women” As the title suggests, the story illustrates a cat named Lilly, a man who falls in love with the cat Lilly, a lover who becomes fatally jealous of the cat and an ex-wife who believes that she can win him back through Lilly. Tanizaki describes the cat to its even finest hair in beautiful words as well as what a ‘cat person’ is capable of doing for a cat he/or she loves as a human being. The novel has been translated into English as well by Paul McCarthy.