Francesc Miralles

When Samuel wakes up on 1st January, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing exciting or unusual - until a strange visitor bursts into his flat, determined not to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a young stray cat, leads Samuel to a strange encounter with Valdemar and his neighbour Titus, with whom he had previously never exchanged a word, and is the beginning of the incredible transformation that is about to occur in the secluded world he has built around himself.

Living apart from his girlfriend Gabriela, from whom he seems to have grown gradually distant, university lecturer Samuel is shaken from his humdrum existence when he receives an anonymous postcard from Japan depicting a porcelain figurine of a cat and the words wabi-sabi , followed by the unexpected visit at work of a girl trying to identify the language of a strange, haunting song.This sets Samuel on a quest that will take him to the Land of the Rising Sun, not only to discover the meaning of the cryptic message, which may hold the key to some of his unanswered questions, but also to find enlightment, a new equilibrium and a reappreciation of the small joys of life. Written with Miralles's trademark quirkiness, wit and lightness of touch, Wabi-Sabi will delight the many fans of his internationally best-selling novel Love in Small Letters.

La scène se passe dans un parc à Tokyo. Deux amis conversent sur le sens de la vie et sur l'étonnante longévité des Japonais. Un mot est alors lancé : ikigai , qui signifie littéralement " la joie d'être toujours occupé ". D'après les Japonais, nous possédons tous un ikigai , une raison d'exister, qui nous pousse à nous lever chaque matin et à être acteurs de notre vie. Comment ces " supercentenaires " définissent-ils leur ikigai et en quoi les guide-t-il au quotidien ? Quelles sont les habitudes à adopter pour mieux vivre ? Dans un livre à mi-chemin entre le guide et le témoignage, les auteurs nous invitent à découvrir notre propre ikigai pour mener une vie longue et harmonieuse.iki

"Bring meaning and joy to all your days with this internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai -- the happiness of always being busy -- as revealed by the daily habits of the world's longest-living people."

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"A romantic comedy about a brainy bachelor and the cat that opens his eyes to life's little pleasures"--

Der Literaturdozent Samuel hat es sich in seiner Einsamkeit bequem gemacht - bis ihm eine junge Katze zuläuft. Sie reißt ihn aus seiner Lethargie, holt ihn zurück ins Leben. Schritt für Schritt öffnet sich Samuel für das kleine Glück des Alltags, für Begegnungen und Freundschaften - und schließlich für die Liebe, die ihn ganz unverhofft auf den Straßen Barcelonas ereilt.