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A moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love. Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his...

Through tidying up and discarding their possessions, characters in these stories come face-to-face with their memories and realize that some things exist but cannot be seen with their eyes. In these stories, Miko, a professional tidying consultant based on Marie, helps people tidy their homes and identify items that bring them joy. Along with her companion, an opinionated talking box named Boxter, Miko has a special power that no one else knows about - the ability to hear the voices of objects in a room.

Yuriko leads a quiet, orderly life as a piano teacher. It's New Year's Eve and her grown-up son Izumi comes to visit. Yuriko makes him his favourite meal: omelette and hayashi rice. Together, they look like a normal family. But Yuriko has a secret. Many years earlier, when Izumi was a boy, Yuriko suddenly disappeared for an entire year. She returned, but the lost year was never discussed.

The million-copy bestseller, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What would you do if you were told you only had days left to live? And what would you give up for just one more day? Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared From The World is a tender, whimsical tale of love, loss, and...

Ein junger Briefträger erfährt überraschend, dass er einen unheilbaren Hirntumor hat. Als er nach Hause kommt, wartet auf ihn der Teufel in Gestalt seines Doppelgängers. Er bietet ihm einen Pakt an: Für jeden Tag, den er länger leben möchte, muss eine Sache von der Welt verschwinden. Welche, entscheidet der Teufel. Der Briefträger lässt sich auf dieses Geschäft ein. Am Tag darauf verschwinden alle Telefone. Am zweiten Tag die Filme, am dritten alle Uhren. Als am vierten Tag alle Katzen verschwinden sollen, gebietet der Briefträger dem Teufel Einhalt. Und macht etwas völlig Überraschendes.

From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name. A young man is commuting on a packed Tokyo subway, when he receives a phone call from his ex, with...

Inspired by a cult video game and now adapted into an acclaimed film, Exit 8 is an innovative work of storytelling, and an ingenious locked-room mystery unlike any other. A young man is riding the Tokyo subway when he receives a life-changing text message from his ex-girlfriend. He exits the train, but extraordinary things begin to happen, and he finds he cannot escape. Why is he trapped? Is it related to the text message he received? Will he solve the clues before it is too late?

From the award-winning film director and New York Times bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, a dark, introspective novel about a woman and a horse. A horse stood on the highway. Yuko Setoguchi, a lonely clerk at a shipyard whose life has passed her by, is making her regular...

Miko aiuta le persone a rimettere ordine nelle loro case. Una stanza dopo l'altra, un armadio dopo l'altro, uno scaffale dopo l'altro, insieme alle case Miko mette in ordine anche le vite dei suoi clienti, esistenze che a un certo punto si sono inceppate o hanno deragliato e di cui il disordine casalingo è l'immagine. Nessuno però sa che Miko è in grado di sentire gli oggetti parlare e raccontare i loro segreti, le loro storie, le loro versioni degli eventi.