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Through The Eyes of a Cat
"Many of Soseki’s human protagonists are cats, in a spiritual sense, but not by choice. They don’t stand aloof out of pride, but out of fear. In their insecurity, they look down on the world and up at it at the same time, struggling to decide whether they’re too good for this world or not good enough.."
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