Hiro Arikawa (Author)
HIRO ARIKAWA is the multi-million-copy bestselling author of THE
TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES and THE GOODBYE CAT. Passing through a
scenic mountainous region of Japan, the famous Hankyu line is a
privately run railway that connects Osaka and Kyoto and is famous
for its maroon-coloured vintage-style carriages. One of its
much-visited stops is the city of Takarazuka, where the author of
this book lives. Published twenty years ago, this enduring Japanese
classic has sold 1.4 million copies and has been published
worldwide.
Philip Gabriel (Translator)
Philip Gabriel is the author of Mad Wives and Island Dreams- Shimao
Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature and Spirit Matters-
The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature and has translated
many novels and short stories by Haruki Murakami and other modern
writers. He is recipient of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (2001) for his
translation of Senji Kuroi's Life in the Cul-de-Sac, and the 2006
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for his translation of
Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.
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