Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
An adventure into a bewitching world, guided by a narrator with an imagination as endless and meandering as the journey itself. On Kyusky Island, the daughter of a silk manufacturer used to love wearing the most beautiful kimonos in existence. Her favorite
was embroidered with mischievous cats, made by a weaver who was secretly in love with her. But the day the young man found the
courage to confess his feelings for her, she completely ignored him. Furious, the weaver made two kimonos for himself: one with a pattern of rats and field mice, the other decorated with cranes. Every time he crossed paths with the young woman, the cats would pull on her kimono to try to catch the animals on the young man's. They pulled so hard that one day, one of the cats broke free and went chasing after one of the cranes. Thus begin the adventures of the Black Cat and his quest for the kimono he lost.
Synopsis
This surreal and imaginative adult tale follows a beautiful black cat through a fantastical world where he'll survive impossible odds to make his way home... to his mistress' kimono Once upon a time in Japan lived a beautiful young woman. The beloved daughter of a silk mill owner, she was lavished with gorgeous kimonos from across the province, but her favorite was the first one he gave her. It was a deep crimson painted with soft, purring black cats, and was crafted by the finest weaver in the mill. The weaver, besotted with her beauty, professed his love to the maiden. Indifferent to his advances, she preferred the warmth of her feline finery to his, leading him down a dark path that separates the woman from one of her beloved black cats Thus, the cat begins a fantastic voyage, from the bottom of the sea to the smokey markets of London, sometimes in the company of Sherlock Holmes himself, as he becomes a figure of myth and legend.
Travel the world on this surreal journey through the imagination of renowned artist Nancy Pe a (Madame Cat).