β Scribed by Haruki Murakami
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Introduction to the English edition -- Blind willow, sleeping woman -- Birthday girl -- New York mining disaster -- Airplane: or, how he talked to himself as if reciting poetry -- The mirror -- A folklore for my generation: a pre-history of late-stage capitalism -- Hunting knife -- A perfect day for kangaroos -- Dabchick -- Man-eating cats -- A "poor aunt" story -- Nausea 1979 -- The seventh man -- The year of spaghetti -- Tony Takitani -- The rise and fall of Sharpie cakes -- The ice man -- Crabs -- Firefly -- Chance traveler -- Hanalei Bay -- Where I'm likely to find it -- The kidney-shaped stone that moves every day -- A Shinagawa monkey.;From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakami's mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and relentlessly entertaining. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an iceman, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might 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 grievous loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distances between those who ought to be closest of all.
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SUMMARY: From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakamis mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of
From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakamiβs mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of human expe
SUMMARY: From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakamis mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of
SUMMARY: From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakamis mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of
Introduction to the English edition -- Blind willow, sleeping woman -- Birthday girl -- New York mining disaster -- Airplane: or, how he talked to himself as if reciting poetry -- The mirror -- A folklore for my generation: a pre-history of late-stage capitalism -- Hunting knife -- A perfect day for
From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakami's mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of human expe