Genki Kawamura – författare

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 the quiet miracles of everyday life. A thirty-year-old postman lives a simple life, with only his cat, Cabbage, for company. But when an unexpected diagnosis turns his world upside down, he is faced with an impossible choice. The Devil appears to him, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, and makes an offer: if he makes one thing in the world disappear, he can have an extra day of life.As the days tick by, and with Cabbage by his side, he begins a journey that might just lead him back to the people he thought he’d lost. Before it’s too late . . .If Cats Disappeared from the World is a life-affirming meditation on what we leave behind – and what we hold onto until the very end.‘If you're a fan of The Guest Cat (or even just cats generally), you'll love this’ – The Sunday Times

Denna roman är historien om en man som har fått diagnosen en hjärntumör i ett avancerat stadium. När han kommer hem finner han sin katt och en annan man som ser ut som honom och påstår sig vara djävulen. Djävulen erbjuder honom en affär: om han väljer en föremål som ska försvinna, kommer han få en extra dag i livet.

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 life-changing news. As he hurries off the train and through the station to join her, the call drops, no signal. Suddenly, reality shifts. He can't find the exit. Each time he passes through sterile corridors, silent except for his own footsteps, he discovers himself back at the beginning, going past the same advertisements, locked closets, coin-operated photo booth, and, disturbingly, the same man, who never responds to him. His desperation increases, but a sign on the wall reveals the rules he must follow in order to escape:Do not overlook any anomalies.If you find an anomaly, turn back immediately.If you do not find any anomalies, do not turn back.Go out through Exit 8.As he stumbles through this endless loop, its only variations the bizarre terrors he is forced to endure, he finds himself confronting the traumas and disappointments of his past, and staring down the crossroads of his future. But as he falls deeper and deeper into this seemingly inescapable new reality, Exit 8 has never felt further away-unless, perhaps, anomalies are not things to be feared but to be embraced. Will he ever escape, and what lies on the other side?

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 the quiet miracles of everyday life. A thirty-year-old postman lives a simple life, with only his cat, Cabbage, for company. But when an unexpected diagnosis turns his world upside down, he is faced with an impossible choice. The Devil appears to him, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, and makes an offer: if he makes one thing in the world disappear, he can have an extra day of life.As the days tick by, and with Cabbage by his side, he begins a journey that might just lead him back to the people he thought he’d lost. Before it’s too late . . .If Cats Disappeared from the World is a life-affirming meditation on what we leave behind – and what we hold onto until the very end.‘If you're a fan of The Guest Cat (or even just cats generally), you'll love this’ – The Sunday Times

Un joven cartero regresa a su casa después de que el médico le diagnosticara un tumor cerebral en fase avanzada. Allí se encuentra a su gato Col y a un extraño personaje, idéntico a él excepto en su actitud y en su vistosa indumentaria. Dice ser el diablo y le anuncia su muerte inminente. Pero le ofrece un trato: por cada objeto animado o inanimado que acepte que desaparezca del mundo, ganará un día de vida. Empieza por los teléfonos, sigue el cine, luego los relojes... Pero cada uno le evoca aspectos de su vida, la relación con su exnovia, con su padre cuya relación terminó mal... Cuando le llega el turno a los gatos, encuentra una carta que su madre le dejó escrita antes de morir pidiéndole que se reconciliase con su padre. ¿Y qué pasará cuando desaparezcan los gatos? Genki Kawamura nos deleita en "Si los gatos desaparecieran del mundo" con una novela ágil, evocadora, emotiva, fantástica..., divertida en la interrelación entre el gris e introvertido cartero, el peculiar diablo y el gato Col. Una novela que pone en valor nuestra existencia cotidiana y lo que nos rodea, al mismo tiempo que critica a una desnortada sociedad en la que prima el individualismo y lo superfluo sobre lo esencial de la vida.