Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Bok av Junichiro Tanizaki
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women is the humorous novella written by Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese literature.After being driven out of the house by her husband and her mother-in-law, Pinko came up with a plan to return to the family.She wrote to Fukuko, her husband's second wife, and asked her to give her Lily, the cat.Lilu was a cat beloved by Shozo. They eat and slept together, even Fukuko had a complaint about the excess love to the cat by Shozo. Therefore, Fukuko and her mother-in-law forced Shozo to send the cat to Pinko.Pinko finally subdued Lily, and her husband also came along, as expected. Cats as women and women as cat. The man was at a loss as to what to do with them. A lifelike family comedy made people laugh.