I Am a Cat

Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.

Scrisa in perioada 1904-1906, capodopera comica a lui Soseki, I Am a Cat satirizeaza nebunile societatii japoneze din clasa de mijloc superioara din timpul erei Meiji. Cu inteligenta acerba si perspectiva sardonica, urmareste aventurile capricioase ale unui pisoi fara stapan obosit de lume, care comenteaza nebunile si slabiciunile oamenilor din jurul lui.