Conversation so far:
What is the main point of the Abandoning a Cat: What I Talk About When I Talk ABout My Father article published for Japanese magazine BungeiShunju for Haruki Murakami?
Haruki Murakami recounts memories of his late father

Question: What was the trauma?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the trauma in the article Abandoning a Cat for Haruki Murakami?