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.

小説を書きあぐねてネットサーフィンしていると某巨大掲示板で、こんな書きこみを目にした。いわく、結婚はコスパがわるい。 へえと思って読み始める。専業主婦を養うには一生で１億円の費用がかかる。その出費で手に入るのは、炊事・洗濯・掃除といった家事労働とベッドだけ（？）。コストパフォーマンスがわる過ぎる。それなら一生独身で自分の好きなように稼いだ金をつかうほうがいい。（本文より） 石田衣良ブックトーク『小説家と過ごす日曜日』はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/ishidaira.html

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture.

2020年の民主党のトリプルブルー（大統領選と上下両院選の勝利）、16年の共和党トランプ当選の両方を当てた国際政治アナリストが記す最新の見取り図。「筆者の仕事の一つは、金融機

A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture.