Mornings Without Mii

Mayumi Inaba

A beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author’s twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, and the writing life. On a cool summer evening in 1977, Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry carried by the breeze of...

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1 A Kitten on the Breeze: Our First Place

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1 A Kitten on the Breeze: Another Cat I Remember

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1 A Kitten on the Breeze: My Cat's Name

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1 A Kitten on the Breeze: Under the Robinia Blossoms

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2 A Premonition of Parting: Moving House

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2 A Premonition of Parting: Mii's Boyfriend

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2 A Premonition of Parting: The Sound of Disintegration

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2 A Premonition of Parting: Nights in Musashino

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2 A Premonition of Parting: Farewell, You Woods

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3 A Fresh Start: Sea and a Night View

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3 A Fresh Start: After Summer, Autumn

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3 A Fresh Start: Mii Goes Missing

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3 A Fresh Start: N and Hana

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4 Into the Twilight: Urine Everywhere

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4 Into the Twilight: The Pet Sitter

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4 Into the Twilight: Using My Hands

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4 Into the Twilight: A Neighborhood Transforming

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4 Into the Twilight: The Winter Break

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5 Into the Light: Summer—The Final Nights

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5 Into the Light: The Storm Passes

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