Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Binding: Paperback

Part Number: 1670900

Details: Key Features Murakami's magnum opus, the trilogy 1Q84, was published by Harvill Secker in 2011 to rapturous reviews and his best-ever hardback sales: both volumes were Sunday Times bestsellers and combined hardback sales are nearly at 180,000 copies. Murakami's entire backlist will be rejacketed in a new iconic, witty and collectable series style Murakami is an international phenomenon: beloved in his native Japan, he is a bestseller the world over - his books are published in 45 territories, in 42 languages About the Book: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman An eclectic, eccentiric and altogether brain-bending new collection of short stories from the cult Japanese author. A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check anunusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put tosleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears outof nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection triesto take control of him; a couple's relationship is unbalanced afterdining exclusively on exquisite crab while on holiday; a manfollows instructions on the back of a postcard to apply for a job,but an unknown password stands between him and his mysteriousemployer. In each one of these stories Murakami sidesteps the realand sprints for the surreal. Everyday events are transcended,leaving the reader dazzled by this master of his craft. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is Murakami's most eclecticcollection of stories to date, spanning five years of his writing.An introduction explains the diversity of the author's choice. About the Author: Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives nearTokyo. He is the author of many novels as well as short stories andnon-fiction. His works include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up BirdChronicle, Kafka on the Shore, After Dark and What I Talk AboutWhen I Talk About Running. His work has been translated into morethan forty languages, and the most recent of his many internationalhonours is the Jerusale

EAN: 9780099488668

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches

Languages: English, Japanese