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.
Fleet, funny and tender... Arikawa clearly knows cats as well as any human can. * TIME * A book about kindness and love, and about how the smallest things can provide happiness * Stylist * Arikawa has a lightness of touch that elevates this to a tale about loyalty and friendship ... while speaking to our basic human need for companionship -- JOHN BOYNE * Irish Times * Prepare to have your heart strings tugged by this quirky tale . . . It's a deceptively gentle story that you won't need to be a cat lover to fall for. * Sunday Mirror * Sweet, sad and lovely, this is a roadtrip novel with a difference * Psychologies Magazine *