{"product_id":"mornings-without-mii-mayumi-inaba-paperback","title":"Mornings Without MII -- Mayumi Inaba, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINDIE BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Sasakawa Foundation Translation Prize\n\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\n\nA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year So Far\n\nA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Millions \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookBub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great love story.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Sigrid Nunez, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I have never read a book quite like this. Profoundly real, specific, moving, and beautifully written.\" ―Elif Batuman, author of\u003ci\u003e Either\/Or\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMornings Without Mii \u003c\/i\u003eis a beloved Japanese modern classic: a deeply affecting story of solitude, independence, writing, grief, love, and life alongside a cat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry carried by the breeze off Tokyo's Tamagawa River. She follows the sound to the riverbank and finds a newborn kitten only the size of her palm dangling from a fence, abandoned. Overcome by tender affection, she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii: so begins an ineffable bond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next twenty years, we follow Inaba, a poet and novelist by moonlight, as she pursues quiet, solitude, and a room of her own. Through it all, her cat, a fiercely independent creature in her own right, is her confidante and muse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the late Mayumi Inaba, a winner of the Kawabata Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, \u003ci\u003eMornings Without Mii \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a love letter to companionship: it's a poignant, searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect, to create, and to build a life.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mayumi Inaba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.52\" H x 5.11\" L x 0.54\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780374614782\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50551615750448,"sku":"9780374614782","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780374614782_fe167ad1-87fa-48b7-a279-e63ff2e425ff.jpg?v=1774784611","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/mornings-without-mii-mayumi-inaba-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}