A Volte Basta un Gatto
by Saki Murayama published by Garzanti is without any doubt one of the most poetic japanese books I read recently.
Touching, plenty of good vibes, and dreams, I think that every reader will find reason for a reflection on the thematics of dreams and peace and expectations and miracles and a best life.
Kazahaya is a fictional place located close to Nagasaki where the second atomic bomb was launched by the Americans causing a destruction never seen before in the world.
It's a pretty dear theme this one to the author, who remarks the destruction of the war, and the following rebirth: cherry trees in bloom give us back a sensation of peace, where in a past still recent there has been a hand who had destroyed all the beauty of that corner of the world. The Hoshino is a pretty classic warehouse wanted by a man who had the desire to donate to people with the creation of this reality, a new rebirth. All workers are treated very well, and the meals at the Hoshino are delicious, because these moments are sacred for the leaders of the Hoshino and can't be put in discussion.
In this dreaming place, we assist at the first impressive story, the one of Isana, one of the girls of the elevators and at a thematic, dear to Japanese people: the possibility of fixing, restoring broken objects. In this case it will be a burned teddy bear. Resolving a massive problem like the one of this teddy bear under many ways means, passing through the object, healing the person and its wound.
In the middle of the story for Isana there is the legend of a white kitten and the big whale flying in the sky.
A legend wants that in the warehouse there is a completely white kitten with two different eyes: he is little and appears to the people in need. Each of the people in that warehouse try to find the white kitten because each of them wants a miracle, some certainties, or a splash in the past, or in the future. As all the kittens of this world, the white one, celebrated also in a beautiful portrait, will appear when indispensible chosing carefully the person.
The story of this kitten started during the last World War: it is a celebration of a soul and body, the one of the little kitten that lost the existence after that some bombs fell close to Nagasaki. It's the celebration of friendship and love of some children, including the founder of the Hoshino warehouse for this kitten, his body, and the dreams that they dispersed when they buried his ashes.
Through the decades this little kitten under the semblances of dead people, appeared for reassuring, resolving, realizing the dreams of people.
It's an indispensible reading this one. For everyone. Highly recommended.
I thank Garzanti for the copy of the book.
Anna Maria Polidori
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