內容簡介
內容簡介 為了多活一天，我願意從這世界奪走什麼呢？被醫生宣告來日無多的三十歲青年，遇上了提出延長壽命交易的魔鬼，代價將會是──● 日本NHK改編廣播劇，由人氣男星妻夫木聰主演！● 確定改編電影！將由日本當紅演員佐藤健、宮崎葵主演！● 日本總發行量突破七十萬冊！《電車男》、《告白》、《惡人》電影推手川村元氣首部長篇作品！● 2013年本屋大賞入圍作！日本全國書店評選：「最想賣的書！」● 史上第一部於通訊軟體LINE上連載之小說年僅三十，擔任郵差的平凡青年「我」，在一夕間被醫生宣告罹患絕症，只剩下三個月左右壽命──突如其來的噩耗讓我陷入無比茫然之中，這時，跟我長得一模一樣、但打扮卻花俏誇張的「魔鬼」登門拜訪，向我提出了交易：只要讓世上的某些東西消失，就可以延長我的壽命──每消除一樣事物，就能讓我多活一天。聽起來是很划算的交易！這世上沒必要的東西太多了，無聊的廣告面紙、沒有用的說明書、西瓜籽……到處都是。然而，事情並不如想像中簡單。首先，魔鬼讓這世界失去了電話，接著是電影，再來是時鐘……每部電影都是一段美麗的過去，失去電影的我，就像失去了所有的珍貴回憶；時鐘消失後我徹底明白了那滴答的聲響是限制我，也同時讓我得到自由的聲音。之後，魔鬼提出要讓貓從世界上消失，以換取我一天的生命。我的貓名叫高麗菜，是死去母親撿回來的棄貓，日復一日陪伴在孤獨的我身邊，是跟我相依為命的家人，但魔鬼將要讓這世界上的貓消失，來延長我一天的壽命。一旦貓消失，這個世界會得到什麼，又將失去什麼？如果我放棄了選擇，讓自己消失，這世界又會如何改變？在我跟這世界道別前，誰又會是我最想見的人？本書介出自春天出版《如果這世界貓消失了》Our narrator's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week . . . Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself - and his beloved cat - to the brink. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life. This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Fans of The Guest Cat will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World.
