Haruki Murakami fans discussion

Hello,

In Italy they just released an illustrated book about a Murakami's story that is about when him with his father went to a beach with the intention of abandoning a cat.
It seems that it is not available in English but the title could be wrong. I just translated in English the title the publisher gave to it in Italian.
Does anyone knows about this story?
Kind regards,
Marco

I'm not sure whether there is an English version available. I have the traditional Chinese version with illustration. Here's the Mandarin version: 棄貓：關於父親，我想說的事. The title is loosely translated to Abandoning a Cat: Things I Want to Tell You About My Father.

It's actually a memoir about HM's father as a person, growing up in a tumultous time in Japan. He started off with the incident of abandoning a cat by the beach with his father. HM wasn't close to his father, and so this book served as a way for him to get to know his father better.

An English translation was published in the New Yorker: Abandoning a Cat: Memories of my Father. I haven't checked if it's an abridged version or a full translation of the original essay (猫を棄てる　父親について語るとき), although it might well be a full translation, seeing as the essay in Japanese was first published in a literary magazine in Japan.