The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen
By (Author) Yuta Takahashi
Translated by Catriona Anderson
John Murray Press
John Murray Publishers Ltd
10th June 2025
5th June 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Fantasy
Fiction in translation
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you.
Nagi Hayakawa is facing an impossible choice. Should she agree to marry her boyfriend, despite being ill and not knowing how many years she has left to live, or should she protect him from future heartbreak by refusing Desperate for advice from the one person no longer there to give it - her mother who died years before - she reserves a table at the Chibineko Kitchen. When she takes her first bite of the miso-marinated tofu and rice, prepared for her by the restaurant's young chef, Kai, the gulls outside fall silent and the air grows hazy. Deliciously heart-warming, The Chibineko Kitchen is about savouring every moment.Yuta Takahashi (1972-) was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, where the novel is set. He is the celebrated author of several series spanning historical and contemporary fiction.