{"product_id":"abandoning-a-cat","title":"Abandoning a Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki Murakami recalls his relationship with his father – the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him to fight in the Second World War. Murakami’s father wrote accomplished haiku and eventually became a teacher, but as Haruki grew older they found they had less and less in common. They went on to be estranged for twenty years, only reconciling on his father’s deathbed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis haunting personal essay is a reflection on what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son – on what it means to be loved and to be abandoned – and a meditation on a particular era of Japanese history, through the aftermath of the Second World War and on into the present. It is a beautiful short work of family history from one of the world’s most beloved, iconic writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Service Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57578693001589,"sku":"22251","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/9833\/files\/Abandoning_a_cat.jpg?v=1790761622","url":"https:\/\/shop.barbican.org.uk\/products\/abandoning-a-cat","provider":"Barbican Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}