A Cat, A Man, And Two Women Scotiabank Giller Prize (2018) For all its wild inventiveness

For all its wild inventiveness

This book offers an antidote to the linear and fragmented leadership models that emerged out of the industrial mindset

the novel's portrait of indulged desire

and Professor Schimmel examines the various aspects of mystical poetry in Arabic

are forgotten acts of enormous heroism

A Cat, A Man, And Two Women Scotiabank Giller Prize (2018) For all its wild inventivenessA small masterpiece, A Cat, A Man, And Two Women is a novel about loneliness, love, and companionship of the most unexpected kind. In this story of Japanese society and manners, Tanizaki gives us a perfectly formed oddball comedy, and a love triangle in which the only real rival is feline.