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100 1 $aKanai, Mieko,$d1947-$eauthor.
240 10 $aTamaya.$lEnglish
245 10 $aOh, Tama! :$ba mejiro novel /$cMieko Kanai ; translated from the Japanese by Tomoko Aoyama and Paul McCarthy.
250 $aFirst Stone Bridge Press edition.
264 1 $aBerkeley, California :$bStone Bridge Press,$c[2019]
264 4 $c©2019
300 $a152 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aFirst published in 2014 by Kurodahan Press, Fukuoka, Japan.
500 $aOh, Tama! describes the haphazard lives of Natsuyuki Kanemitsu and his loosely connected circle of dysfunctional acquaintances and family. Natsuyuki is prevailed upon by his friend Alexandre, an occasional porn-film actor, to adopt the very pregnant cat Tama, who gives birth and remains throughout the novel as a silent observer of her human hosts. Further complications arise surrounding the mystery of who the father of Alexandre's sister Tsuneko's unborn child is, with Tsuneko (a bar owner) happy to collect money from anyone who may be responsible. One of these possible dads turns out to be Natsuyuki's half-brother, abandoned and forgotten long ago as easily as Tama has parted with her kittens. A "fast and comedic novel," Oh, Tama! plays out against a backdrop of cramped apartments and cheap food and drink where everyone seems to have an opinion on film, photography, and fashionable French art theory. It is part of the author's esteemed series of "Meijiro" novels, named after the northwest area of Tokyo that so richly informs their urbanity and outlook. -- Publisher website.
505 0 $aOh Tama! -- The gift -- Amanda Anderson's photographs -- Wandering soul -- Evanescence -- Balls of confetti -- On Oh, Tama! - In lieu of an afterward -- Afterword to the paperback edition (1999).
651 0 $aTokyo (Japan)$xHistory$y20th century$vFiction.
651 7 $aJapan$zTokyo.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204835
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700 1 $aAoyama, Tomoko,$etranslator.
700 1 $aMcCarthy, Paul,$d1944-$etranslator.
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