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Kot, zhivushchiĭ v semʹe shkolʹnogo uchiteli͡a, nabli͡udaet za zhiznʹi͡u obitateleĭ doma i blizlezhashchikh ulit͡s - s nadmennoĭ otstranennostʹi͡u, svoĭstvennoĭ kotam, i filosofskoĭ sozert͡satelʹnostʹi͡u, svoĭstvennoĭ i͡apont͡sam.Trogatelʹnoe, satiricheski-smeshnoe i nemnogo pechalʹnoe povestvovanie ot lit͡sa malenʹkogo sushchestva, kotoromu li͡udi ne udosuzhilisʹ podaritʹ dazhe imi͡a. Prosto kot, eshche kotenkom bespechno otobrannyĭ u materi kakim-to malʹchishkoĭ i zhivushchiĭ pod krovom nebogatogo i͡aponskogo doma, gde ego i shpyni͡ai͡ut, i goni͡ai͡ut, i ne dosyta kormi͡at, no inoĭ raz i prilaskai͡ut. V ėtom obraze nashla otrazhenie sudʹba samogo avtora: Nat͡sumė Kinnoskė (Sosėki - literaturnyĭ psevdonim) rodilsi͡a nezhelannym shestym rebenkom i byl otdan v chuzhui͡u semʹi͡u, gde ego tozhe ne poli͡ubili i spusti͡a vremi͡a vernuli obratno.No umenie padatʹ i vstavatʹ i ne teri͡atʹ vkusa k zhizni, dazhe kogda ona gorchit, - schastlivoe svoĭstvo, obʺedini͡ai͡ushchee li͡udeĭ i kotikov.

A cat living in a schoolteacher's family observes the lives of the inhabitants of the house and nearby streets with the arrogant detachment characteristic of cats and the philosophical contemplation characteristic of the Japanese.A touching, satirically funny and slightly sad narrative from the perspective of a small creature that people didn't even bother to give a name to. Just a cat, carelessly taken from his mother by some boy as a kitten and living under the roof of a poor Japanese house, where he is bullied, chased, and not fed enough, but sometimes petted. This image reflects the fate of the author himself: Natsume Kinnosuke (Soseki is a literary pseudonym) was born an unwanted sixth child and was sent to someone else's family, where he was also disliked and returned after a while.But the ability to fall and get up and not lose the taste for life, even when it is bitter, is a happy property that unites people and cats.