I think there is just something about plot based books that make them faster reads. But I used it to read when I was on call for work. This was a really easy book for me to read, I think I could have finished it in one day if I had the day off. Before each thing disappears, the narrator will have once last chance to enjoy it before its gone forever. He’s done it 106 times before for other people. The Devil assures the narrator not to worry, as the devil isn’t new to this scheme. But for each day his life is extended, another item or idea of the devils choice is erased not just from the narrators world, but from everyone’s world. In exchange for erasing one thing from the world, the narrator can live another day.

He has even more terrible news, the narrator life is even shorter then he thought! According to the devil, he will die tomorrow. A weird flashy guy in a Hawaiin shirt that turns out to be the devil(the one from Christianity). The narrator doesn’t have much time to ponder this shocking news before a stranger appears in his life. The only one left for him is his cat, Cabbage, which he inherited after his mothers death.

He has an ex-girlfriend from college that he has grown away from.

He has a movie-nerd friend from high school that he visits occasionally at the video rental shop. He has been estranged from his father since the death of his mother 4 years ago. He has less then 6 months left and he is almost completely alone in the world. The unnamed narrator is a young Japanese postman who has recently been given the unfortunate news that he has terminal brain caner. This is the tale of the last few days in a man’s life. Its an easy to follow, plot based story line that is written with simple grammar and vocabulary. The rumors were true! This would be a great starting place for lower intermediate readers and above who want to start reading novels in Japanese. In my search to find novels that would be good first reads for other language learners, I decided to finally read it. I have seen this novel mentioned by other language learners as being an easy read. I picked up this novel in a recent bulk order from Amazon JP for 654 yen. This is a book review for Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared from the World(世界から猫消えたなら).

If cats disappeared from the world