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Hiro Arikawa

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HIRO ARIKAWA lives in Tokyo. A bestseller in Japan, THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES has become an unexpected international hit, and is due to be made into a live-action Japanese film.

Books by Hiro Arikawa

The Goodbye Cat

Seven uplifting tales of warm, wise and sarcastic cats set in modern Japan through the changing seasons.

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The Passengers on the Hankyu Line

From the authentic and original healing fiction author of TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES comes a 1.4-million-copy bestseller - set in a famously scenic railway line in Japan, following key emotional dramas for five commuters.

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The Travelling Cat Chronicles

THE SENSATIONAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER: a tender, feelgood story of a journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami.

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