Waterstone's Books Quarterly
'an engaging, likeable collection'
Sunday Telegraph
'The stories are delivered with a beguiling mix of grace and
succinctness'
succinctness'
Guardian
`each [story] is like an exquisite haiku'
Sunday Times
`This is a wise, strange and ethereally beautiful collection'.
Book Description
An eclectic, eccentiric and altogether brain-bending collection of short stories
The Independent, Arts & Books Review Supplement
'There are few exhalations of human anomie that Murakami does not attempt to bottle and distil.'
The Economist
a gripping chase thriller
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Good Book Guide
Stunningly crafted
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Product Description
Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life, Murakami's characters confront loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distance between those who ought to be closest of all.
From the Publisher
An eclectic, eccentiric and altogether brain-bending new collection of short stories from the cult Japanese author.
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From the Back Cover
Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life, Murakami's characters confront loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distance between those who ought to be closest of all.
'More insights into life, death, memories, love and kangaroos that one has a right to expect in any single volume' Daily Express
'An intimate pleasure' The Times
'These stories are rich in Murakami magic... a collection that all readers will enjoy' Independent
'Literature's answer to David Lynch' Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. He is the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction. His works include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, After Dark and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. His work has been translated into more than forty languages, and the most recent of his many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J.M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V.S. Naipaul.
