The Cat Who Saved Books

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Rintaro is described and also refers to himself as hikikomori (a Japanese term referring to people who shut themselves away from society, rarely venturing outside to school or work). I feel this book is better suited for a younger audience and maybe the translator was trying too hard but I felt that some passages could have been shorter and the tone less preachy. Your feelings about a book don’t determine its value,’ he is told, such as when the publisher states ‘ in our society it is the banknote that is the arbiter of value.

It saddens me to know that some of the books I’ve purchased have been sitting on my shelf for two or more years. With humor and emotion the author explores themes of loss , friendship and the power of books and literature in enhancing one’s life experiences. I would gladly pay for a book offering a collection of the illustrator's charming work, but the story, not so much.Meanwhile there is a budding relationship with a class president and a growing confidence in Rintaro. Sus diversas formas de ser maestros y guías, sin olvidar las conexiones que nos permiten generar con otras personas. An enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, The Cat Who Saved Books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper. He is named after a 13th-century Chinese artist whose name is usually written in modern Pinyin as Gao Kegong. Some of the victimized books are locked away from readers by collectors, others are mutilated by abridgment and summarization, and more are treated as commodities by publishing conglomerates.

It won't be deep enough for some, but this is a warm pick-me-up for people looking for something a little more fuzzy.The book reminded me of Ready Player One with the going through a portal on a quite videogame like quest.

As Rintaro meets the villains in the various labyrinths, he helps them change by understanding their motivations, book-lover to book-lover. Though perhaps the biggest power of books is the way it helps us see outside ourselves, to learn and understand not just about the world but each other. They are a bit generic at times—the shy bookish boy, the overachiever girl, the athlete with an inflated ego—but they really mesh well and drive the story all the same.Es una de esas historias que se vuelve muy especial para mí, demuestra que un libro no tiene que ser complejo o enrevesado para llegarte, para emocionarte. La epopeya de Rintaro, el joven heredero de una entrañable librería de viejo, y de Tora (muy bien el gato), un sabio e ingen Dog ear and underline to your hearts content if that makes you happy despite what the haters say (I personally do it a lot, I think books look all cool and punk and loved that way), make art from your books, keep them in a special place, give them away, collect as many editions of your favorite, have way more than you’ll ever read (or even intend to read), just do you. No matter how much knowledge you cram into your head, unless you think with your own mind, walk with your own feet, the knowledge you acquire will never be anything more than empty and borrowed. A young Japanese bookseller sets out to rescue books in peril—with the help of a most unusual feline.

Described as a hikikomori—which roughly translates to extreme social withdrawal—we experience Rintaro try to become more of a person in the world, aided not only by his adventures with Tiger but the support from Sayo, the class president who has taken it upon herself to give Rintaro a much needed push. For a short book, it does kind of harp on for a long time, but I think kids will get a lot out of this one.Poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert’s voice is calm, playfully engaging and clear – a voice for our anxious, wired times, if ever there was one. Through their travels, Tiger and Rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. Por ejemplo, habla de esta época en la parece que hay como una capa de postureo en relación a todo lo que tenga que ver con los libros, donde prima más los adornos bonitos que se le añaden a estos o la cantidad de lecturas, más que la calidad de estas (calidad para cada gusto personal, nunca verdades absolutas, nunca pedantería). Throughout the book, Rintaro must navigate different labyrinths each with their own book-villain minotaur at the center (one can argue there is a larger, overall labyrinth of himself he is also questing through), though we see how in each the person does truly believe they are doing what is right. And Ashley is a young, very-much-in-love bakery owner specializing in muffins who devotes herself to giving back to the community through a nonprofit that helps community members develop skills and find jobs.