Blind Willow, Sleeping WomanFrom 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 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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User Review - modioperandi - LibraryThingWhen I read Murakami, I sometimes feel that he is living inside me taking notes on my feelings and my observations about people I’ve met years ago or even this morning. Then he transcribes them to ... Read full review
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User Review - jnmegan - LibraryThingReaders may be curious about Haruki Murakami due to the rave reviews of his full-length novels (ex: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84, Kafka on the Shore), and their popularity in translation ... Read full review
Contents
The Rise and Fall of Sharpie Cakes | 204 |
Chance Traveler | 249 |
The KidneyShaped Stone That Moves Every Day | 312 |
A Shinagawa Monkey | 333 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Vintage International Series |
| Author | Haruki Murakami |
| Translated by | J. Philip Gabriel, Jay Rubin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage International, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1400096081, 9781400096084 |
| Length | 362 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories (single author) |
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