Refers to: A story called "Cat City" described by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami in his novel "1Q84".
Source: Modern Haruki Murakami "1Q84"
Excerpt from the original text: After the train left Tokyo Station, he took out the library book he carried with him to read. This is a collection of short stories with a travel theme. One of them is about a young man traveling to a small town ruled by cats.
The title is "Cat City". This is a fantasy story written by a German writer whom I have never heard of. The introduction explains that the novel was written between World War I and World War II.
Story summary: A young man traveled to a small city ruled by cats. It was an empty city without humans. The cats shop in stores, go to the town hall to check in, and dine in the hotel restaurant. They drank beer in the tavern and sang cheerful cat songs. Later, the cats smelled human scent and just couldn't see this guy. Only then did the young man realize that everything in front of him was just an illusion.
Extended information:
Work background:
The story of "1Q84" is carried out in two lines (BOOK3 is three lines), and uses Haruki Murakami's less used The story is told from a third person omniscient point of view. The story tells the story of the encounter between the male protagonist "Tengo" and the female protagonist "Aomame" in the "unknown Q world" created by the "little man".
Appreciation of the work:
Cat City is just a place. In a specific place, the protagonist is more lonely and helpless, but it highlights the meaning of survival in the real world. The author expresses here Man is not an island. In that world, Tengo is an alien existence, bringing a sense of terror and crisis to the cats in the cat town. At the same time, Tengo is repulsed by everything around him as sharply and forcefully as a spear.