# Abandoning a Cat

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- Book: [Abandoning a Cat](https://www.bookquiver.com/haruki-murakami/abandoning-a-cat) ([Abandoning a Cat.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/haruki-murakami/abandoning-a-cat.md))
- Authors: [Haruki Murakami](https://www.bookquiver.com/haruki-murakami)
- Publisher: knopf
- ISBN: 979-82-1720-869-2
- Pages: 80
- Published: 2026-10-20
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A moving reflection on the author's father—plus a cat!—this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers. Originally published in the New Yorker...