A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn’t have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn’t much good for anything except watching human beings in action… — **The New Yorker** Written over the course of 1904-1906, Soseki Natsume’s comic masterpiece, *I Am a Cat* , satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, *I Am a Cat* is one of Soseki’s best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki’s *I Am a Cat* is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.