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

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

Vår berättares dagar är räknade. Han lever ensam med sin katt, har ingen kontakt med sin familj och var helt oförberedd på doktorns diagnos – han har bara har ett par månader kvar att leva. Men, innan han hunnit börja bocka av sin bucketlist dyker djävulen upp med ett erbjudande: i utbyte mot att en av alla saker i världen försvinner får han en extra dag att leva. Det är början på en bisarr vecka ... Hur bedömer man vad som gör livet värt att leva? Hur väljer man vad, av det man verkligen uppskattar, man kan klara sig utan? I förhandlingarna med djävulen spelar vår berättare högt, ända tills han själv – och hans älskade katt – befinner sig på randen till avgrunden ... Om alla katter i världen försvann är en berättelse om förlust och försoning, om en mans resa till insikten om vad som verkligen betyder någonting i livet. Ett måste för alla som älskade En katts resedagbok.