Shahr-e gorbeh-hā Persian 2025

The City of Cats brings together narratives of life and love—unforgettable stories that linger in the reader’s mind long after they are read. Haruki Murakami, the most renowned Japanese writer and one of the most popular contemporary authors worldwide, has for years been considered a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Across the globe, readers line up to buy his books. His latest novel, released recently, sold more than 1.5 million copies on its very first day. Critics have called Murakami a magician of words, as he creates characters and fictional worlds that are unmistakably his own and unlike those of any other writer.

The only real comfort Tengu had was that his father’s workplace was a considerable distance from their home. They lived in a residential area on the outskirts of Ichikawa, while all of his father’s work routes were located in the city center. At least this meant Tengu could avoid going door to door among his classmates’ homes to collect subscription fees. Still, every so often, when they were walking through the shopping districts downtown, one of his classmates would suddenly appear in the middle of the street. Whenever that happened, Tengu would quickly duck behind his father, hoping not to be noticed.