A dazzling new collection of short stories - the internationally bestselling author's first collection for over a decade.'I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.'
Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic
Marijke is the Customer Service Supervisor at Boffins and has been a Boffin for over five years, and a bird fanatic for even longer. She reads anything interesting.
The latest offering from Murakami is a delightful collection of short stories - quickly read, but the unique characters and circumstances will stay with you. A young man who teaches himself to speak in the Kansai dialect so that he can fin in with the fans of his sports team sticks out in my mind even now. Plenty of cats and jazz, of course, but pleasureable to read and perfect both for long-time fans and people new to Murakami's work.
