The cat that has lived for 1 10,000 years was written and translated by Tang. It was published by Relay Press in 2004. Mainly tells the story of a cat who never flatters others and is always so lonely and arrogant.
Interpretation of Peng Yi, a famous children's literature writer
This is a picture book that is praised as "loved by adults and children, surpassing generations" in Japan. It is a masterpiece that describes life and death and love, and you won't get tired of reading it once a million times.
Regardless of the content, the title "The Cat Who Lived 6.5438+00000 Times" is enough to attract people's attention. Reminds people of Wanda gag's immortal work "654.38+00,000 cats". But 1 10,000 cats tells the story of 1 10,000 cats, and only tells the story of one cat.
This is an immortal cat. If the western legend is applied, a cat has nine lives, then it has one million lives. Look at the cover again. A big tiger cat with green eyes stands upright on its hind legs and looks at you fearlessly. Frankly speaking, the cat painted by Yoko Sasano looks a little scary.
What kind of story does this formidable cat tell us?
Some book critics in Japan say that this is a biography of a wild cat, and I want to say that this is a great fable about the meaning of life. The cat's past, that is, its first half life, is an immortal body. It has died a million times and lived a million times. Although life is repeated, it is a king's cat first.
Then came the sailor's cat, the magician's cat, the thief's cat, the lonely old woman's cat and the little girl's cat, but it lived in a daze until the end. Even it doesn't know why it's alive. It's boring. It hates all the people who raise it and is not afraid of death. Japanese picture book critic Matsu said that it has become "disgusting, indifferent and rejecting everything."
Until one day, it became a wild cat that belongs only to itself and nobody, so in loneliness and anxiety, it unconsciously fell in love with a noble, beautiful and silent white cat. This is the feeling it has never had in its long career, which makes it have the experience of loving and being loved, and it knows why it is alive for the first time.
The beloved white cat died, and it would rather die, because for it, without love, what's the point of living another million times!
The next page is the most disturbing page of the whole book.
The cat cried with the dead white cat in its arms. No, it cried. This wild cat, which died a million times and didn't cry, finally opened its mouth and burst into tears!
It is sad that it can't keep its lover's life.
Having said that, we cannot but praise Yoko Sasano's painting skills. Look how vividly she painted the cat's expression.
But then again, this book, like Sheldon Silverstein's classic Love Tree, is an adult fable. It is said that in Japan, most people who buy this picture book are women.
But as the book review of Asahi Weekly said: "Speaking of it, this may be an adult picture book. Even if it is a picture book for adults, can children have fun from it? " This should be the essence of picture books. The Cat that Lived 6.5438+100,000 times just captured the essence of the picture book. "
On the last page, the cat disappeared. It was a faint landscape painting.
Although cats won't live forever, hasn't this book "Cats that have lived 1 10,000 times" sold1200,000 copies? In other words, it has lived at least1200,000 times.
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