Haruki Murakami Book order (chronological)

The haunting, enigmatic love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar in Japan, and is his bestselling title throughout the world Autumn 1969, and soon I would be 20. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. 'Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility' Guardian 'Poignant, romantic and hopeless, it beautifully encapsulates the heartbreak and loss of faith' Sunday Times 'A masterly novel' New York Times

Haruki Murakami's best-loved stories finally available in graphic novel form!With their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's signature themes of loss, remorse and confusion, the two stories in this volume are: Scheherezade: a man named Habara is confined to his house and is visited by a nurse, Scheherezade, who brings him provisions and has sex with him. She tells Habara the story of a boy she had a crush on when she was young, whose house she repeatedly broke into. She tells him the story over several visits, and the story ends before Scheherezade finishes. Habara worries he may never see Scheherezade again. Sleep: recounts the life of a housewife with a regimented existence. But at night, she has her own life, as though she enters an extra-dimensional space. In this world she examines her own life and family and ponders the meaning of death.These new graphic versions of classic Murakami short stories will be devoured by his fans and will provide a new window onto his work for a new generation of readers not yet familiar with it!

STEP INTO THE CITY When a young man's girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own. When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different library - a dream library. But she has no memory of their life together in the other world and, as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur, he must decide what he's willing to lose. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a parable for these strange times. PRAISE FOR HARUKI MURAKAMI 'The world's most popular cult novelist' Guardian 'Wild and thrilling. . . Murakami is a master storyteller and he knows how to keep us hooked' Sunday Times 'Totally gripping' Daily Express 'It's safe to say that there's no one like Murakami' Literary Review 'No other author mixes domestic, fantastic and esoteric elements into such weirdly bewitching shades' Financial Times

Vintage Books presents this set of wonderful stories, perfect for fans of one of popular culture’s most enduring and celebrated writers.

Haruki Murakami's beloved short stories are now presented in graphic novel form for the first time in English. This volume, the first of three, features four captivating tales from his bestselling collections, blending realism and fantasy while exploring themes of loss, remorse, and confusion. In "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo," Katagiri encounters a giant frog promising to save Tokyo from another earthquake, leading him to question reality and confront his feelings of powerlessness. "Where I'm Likely to Find It" follows a woman whose missing husband prompts a detective to reflect on his own life amidst a Kafkaesque exploration of disappearance and coping. "Birthday Girl" recounts a surreal encounter on a woman's twentieth birthday with her restaurant's owner, who grants her a wish. "The Seventh Man" tells the poignant story of a man haunted by the death of his childhood friend in a tsunami, capturing Murakami's signature emotional depth and surrealism. This graphic adaptation offers a fresh perspective on Murakami's work, appealing to both dedicated fans and younger readers new to his stories. Recommended for ages 16 and up due to mature themes and graphic content.

Eine melancholische Geschichte über eine Dreiecksbeziehung, das Schreiben und zwei Bären. Junpei ist Schriftsteller, seine Spezialität: Kurzgeschichten über unerwiderte Liebe. Das Thema seines Lebens. Seit der Uni ist er in Sayoko verliebt, die seinen besten Freund geheiratet hat. Trotz allem hat die Freundschaft zwischen den dreien Bestand, anders als die Liebe von Sayoko und Junpeis bestem Freund: Sie bekommen eine Tochter namens Sara, trennen sich aber kurz darauf. Mit den Jahren wird Junpei zu einer Art Ersatzvater für Sara. Nach einem schrecklichen Erdbeben leidet sie unter Albträumen. Nur Junpei kann sie beruhigen – mit seinen Geschichten über einen Bären und seinen besten Freund. Und er ist fest entschlossen, für immer über Sayokos und Saras Schlaf zu wachen … Haruki Murakami ist ein Meister der kurzen Form. In ›Honigkuchen‹ offenbart er sein großes Herz für alle Zögernden und Zaudernden. Kat Menschik hat die warmherzige Geschichte des wichtigsten japanischen Autors unserer Zeit in unvergessliche Bilder gegossen.

"The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Considered "the world's most popular cult novelist" (The Guardian), Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000 vinyl record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt collecting habit. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts--including gems from the Springsteen on Broadway show in NYC, from The Beach Boys concert in Honolulu to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story, "Tony Takitani." Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona"--Publisher's description

The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist.

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The journey of Haruki Murakami from a jazz bar owner to a literary sensation began in 1978 when a moment of inspiration struck him during a baseball game. His debut novel, Hear the Wind Sing, garnered acclaim and set the stage for subsequent works like A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. However, it was the 1987 release of Norwegian Wood that catapulted him to international fame, establishing his reputation as a bestselling author and introducing readers to his captivating and distinctive fictional world.

Une jeune fille a disparu. Une jeune fille dont le narrateur avait entrepris de faire le portrait. Une jeune fille aux yeux comme une flamme gelée. Une jeune fille qui l'intrigue et qui pourrait être liée à Menshiki. Il va rendre visite au vieux peintre Tomohiko Amada. Là, dans la chambre d'hôpital, apparaît le Commandeur. Le commandeur est prêt à offrir sa vie pour que la jeune fille soit retrouvée. Il faut faire revivre la scène du tableau, le Commandeur doit être poignardé. Le narrateur lui plante un couteau dans le cœur. Une trappe s'ouvre dans un coin de la chambre. Un personnage étrange en surgit, qui l'invite à entrer dans le passage souterrain. Le début d'un périple qui va conduire le narrateur au-devant des forces du mal.

Этот сборник можно было бы озаглавить «Ранний Джек Вэнс», так как в нем содержатся рассказы, относящиеся к первым двенадцати годам писательской карьеры Вэнса – к тому периоду, когда он публиковался главным образом в дешевых журналах. В этих рассказах Вэнс уже демонстрирует яркое воображение и мастерское владение английским языком – черты, которые стали характерными для всех его дальнейших сочинений.

La suite de l'épopée de Murakami qui déstabilise encore un peu plus son lecteur. Une exploration des obsessions humaines au sein d'une histoire onirique et artistique. Au Japon, de nos jours. Une jeune fille a disparu. Le narrateur avait entrepris de faire son portrait. Il va rendre visite au vieux peintre Tomohiko Amada. Dans la chambre d'hôpital, le Commandeur apparaît. Le narrateur écoute le Commandeur : ce dernier est une idée ; une idée multiforme, chacun peut y projeter ce dont il a besoin. Il est prêt à offrir sa vie pour que la jeune fille soit retrouvée. Il faut faire revivre la scène du tableau, le Commandeur doit être poignardé. Le narrateur lui plante un couteau dans le coeur. Une trappe s'ouvre dans un coin de la chambre. Un personnage étrange en surgit qui invite à entrer dans le passage souterrain. C'est le début d'un périple qui va le conduire au-devant des forces du mal..

A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami.This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story collection, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable practitioners writing today. Curated by Jay Rubin (who has himself freshly translated several of the stories) and introduced by Haruki Murakami this is a book which will be a revelation to many of its readers. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata, Yoshimoto - but also many surprising new finds. From Tsushima Yuko's 'Flames' to Sawanishi Yuten's 'Filling Up with Sugar', from Hoshi Shin'ichi's 'Shoulder-Top Secretary' to Yoshimoto Banana's 'Bee Honey', The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy.

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84. In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist's home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art - as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby - Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.

Bir gün sen de kadınsız erkeklerden olacaksın. O gün en ufak bir uyarı, küçücük bir ipucu vermeden; önsezi olarak hissettirmeden ya da içine doğmadan; kapını çalmadan, hiç beklemediğin bir anda seni bulacak. Bir köşeyi döndüğünde, aslında çoktan oraya varmış olduğunu anlayacaksın. Geriye dönmek mümkün olmayacak. O köşeyi bir kez dönünce, orası artık senin için mümkün olan tek dünya olacak. O dünyada sen kadınsız erkeklerden biri olarak anılacaksın. Hep bu soğuk çoğul eki ile... Bir kadının özlemini çeken, yasını tutan; bir kadın tarafından aldatılmış, terk edilmiş olmanın acısıyla yaşayan, aşkla kendinden vazgeçen erkeklerin öyküleri… Haruki Murakami’den aşka ve kadınlara yazılmış yedi ağıt…

«С мая того года и до начала следующего я жил в горах…» Живописное, тихое место, идеальное для творчества. Скромное одноэтажное строение в европейском стиле, достаточно просторное для холостяка, принадлежало известному в Японии художнику. Все было бы мирно и спокойно, если бы не картина «Убийство Командора», найденная на чердаке, если бы не звон буддийского колокольчика по ночам, если бы не странный склеп , что возник из-под каменного кургана посреди зарослей, если бы не встреча с эстетом Мэнсики, который за баснословные деньги попросил написать портрет, сначала свой, а потом возможно его, дочери, если бы не попытки разобраться в самом себе. «Выходит началом всему, что происходит вокруг меня, стало то, что я вынес на свет эту картину? И тем самым разомкнул круг?» Эта картина перевернула жизнь главного героя и повлияла на всех, кто ее видел. Она создала в нашем мире еще одну реальность. Как это все возможно?

You've just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you're destined for - what do you do? In Murakami's world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, lust, sudden infatuation or the secret longings of the heart. Selected from Haruki's Murakami's short story collections The Elephant Vanishes, Blind Willow Sleeping Woman, Men Without Women VINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series- Love by Jeanette Winterson Psychedelics by Aldous Huxley Eating by Nigella Lawson Summer by Laurie Lee

She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked Fridays, but if things had gone according to plan on that particular Friday, she would have had the night off. One rainy Tokyo night, a waitress's uneventful twentieth birthday takes a strange and fateful turn when she's asked to deliver dinner to the restaurant's reclusive owner. Birthday Girl is a beguiling, exquisitely satisfying taste of master storytelling, published to celebrate Murakami's 70th birthday.

This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle-yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.

... по вечерам я продавал пластинки. А в промежутках рассеянно наблюдал за публикой, проходившей перед витриной. Семьи, парочки, пьяные, якудзы, оживленные девицы в мини-юбках, парни с битницкими бородками, хостессы из баров и другие непонятные люди. Стоило поставить рок, как у магазина собрались хиппи и бездельники - некоторые пританцовывали, кто-то нюхал растворитель, кто-то просто сидел на асфальте. Я вообще перестал понимать, что к чему. "Что же это такое?" - думал я. - Что все они хотят сказать?"...

A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestelling master of storytelling. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing. 'An insightful collection of essays on his work and methods... You end this collection of beautiful essays vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' Guardian 'Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers' New York Times Book Review 'A fascinating glimpse of the peculiar writerly life' Sunday Times ** A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers" (Barack Obama). 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 lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked by the same wry humor and pathos that have defined his entire body of work.

In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it.

Ci sono amori destinati a superare universi e ostacoli per incontrarsi, affrontando difficoltà e avversari, ma soprattutto le paure interiori che abitano in noi. Aomame e Tengo vivono in una realtà estranea, un mondo "al di là dello specchio" con due lune, divisi e braccati, costantemente in pericolo. Tutto sembra cospirare per impedire il loro incontro. Oltre alla setta Sakigake, c'è anche l'investigatore privato Ushikawa, un personaggio bizzarro e astuto, il cui aspetto inquietante è accompagnato da un'intuizione sorprendente. Ushikawa offre un nuovo punto di vista, alternandosi a quello di Tengo e Aomame, guidando il lettore verso la conclusione di una storia complessa. In questo finale, l'autore intreccia trame, personaggi e misteri, rivelando una nuova verità, come una costellazione che svela il suo disegno. Murakami costruisce un universo narrativo per esplorare come si creano gli universi, portando il lettore in un viaggio attraverso l'amore, la paura e la ricerca di un mondo sicuro in due.

Gibt es eine Formel, nach der die großen Leidenschaften funktionieren? Roberta Gómez Dawson, Literatin und ehemals Inhaberin eines Lehrstuhls für Mathematik, ist sich sicher, eine solche Formel gefunden zu haben. Zu spät, wie die 82-Jährige findet. Den einzigen Mann, den sie je wollte, hat sie immer nur fast bekommen. Hätte ihr das Wissen um die Formel seinerzeit genützt? Wie handelt man richtig, wenn man glaubt, den einen Menschen gefunden zu haben, der 100%ig zu einem passt? Was passiert, wenn zwei Menschen die Erfüllung ihres Traums schon mit 18 Jahren erleben? Welche Rolle ist begehrenswerter: Lieben oder Geliebtwerden? Gibt es eine Strategie des Glücks? Helfen Vorbilder, Theorien weiter? Lässt sich eine Liebe wiederbeleben, zu der man 25 Jahre zuvor nein gesagt hat? Fragen wie diese tauchen in den von Susanne Nadolny kenntnisreich zusammengestellten Texten auf. Sie regen zum Nachdenken über die Liebe an – über jenes „Wunder des Kosmos“, das uns jeden Tag, an jeder Straßenecke begegnen kann. Ob mit 18 oder 80, ob in Buenos Aires oder Paris, Harajuku oder Amsterdam. Jede Liebe hat ihre eigene Geschichte und funktioniert auf eigene Weise. Acht besondere erzählt dieses Buch mit Texten von Alex Capus, Jeffrey Eugenides, Gustave Flaubert, Benoîte Groult, Siri Hustvedt, Haruki Murakami, Connie Palmen, Esther Vilar

Το μυθιστόρημα Νορβηγικό δάσος , που αντλεί τον τίτλο του από ένα χιτ των Beatles, έχει ως φόντο την αναταραχή της κοινωνικοπολιτικής ατμόσφαιρας της δεκαετίας του '60. Η αφήγηση αντιπαραβάλλει σε αυτό το σκληρό μοτίβο στιγμές μιας συναισθηματικής οικειότητας που ταράζει. Η ιστορία του Τόρου Γουατανάμπε ακολουθεί το νήμα των ψυχολογικών επιπτώσεων που προκύπτουν από την αδύνατη αγάπη για την αγαπημένη του νεκρού φίλου του. Όλα διαδραματίζονται σε ένα φόντο επεισοδίων που χαρακτηρίζονται από ερωτικές σκηνές σε βρώμικα δωμάτια φοιτητικών εστιών, από αφίσες και δίσκους με τον Τζιμ Μόρισον, τον Μάιλς Ντέιβις ή τον Μπαχ, από αναγνώσεις κλασικών της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας.

Ο Μουρακάμι με μαεστρία δημιουργεί φανταστικούς χαρακτήρες και παράλληλους κόσμους, θολώνοντας τα όρια ανάμεσα στην πραγματικότητα και τη λογοτεχνία. Το 1Q84 είναι μια ιστορία που αφηγείται εναλλάξ τη ζωή μιας γυναίκας και ενός άνδρα, της Αομάμε και του Τένγκο, γεμάτη ένταση και στιγμές τρόμου. Οι δύο τους γνωρίζονταν καλά από την παιδική τους ηλικία και όλα δείχνουν ότι οι δρόμοι τους θα συναντηθούν ξανά. Η Αομάμε είναι εκπαιδεύτρια πολεμικών τεχνών, μασέζ και, μετά τη δουλειά, μια άριστη δολοφόνος. Ο Τένγκο είναι καθηγητής μαθηματικών και, στον ελεύθερο χρόνο του, αρχάριος συγγραφέας και επιμελητής. Η Αομάμε εισέρχεται σε μια άλλη πραγματικότητα και οι δύο προσπαθούν απεγνωσμένα να ξαναβρούν ο ένας τον άλλον. Όταν η Αομάμε αποτυγχάνει να επιστρέψει στον κανονικό κόσμο, αποφασίζει να αυτοκτονήσει, ελπίζοντας ότι έτσι θα εγκαταλείψει τον δεύτερο εαυτό της που ζει το 1Q84 και θα επιστρέψει στο 1984. Την ίδια στιγμή, ο Τένγκο αποφασίζει να ζήσει σε έναν κόσμο όπου αιωρούνται δύο φεγγάρια, γνωρίζοντας ότι μόνο εκεί μπορεί να συναντήσει την Αομάμε.

心から一歩も外に出ないものごとなんて、この世界には存在しない―君たち二人の運命が、ただの成り行きによってここで邂逅したわけではない。君たちは入るべくしてこの世界に足を踏み入れたのだ。この1Q84年に。...雷鳴とどろく夜、青豆はさきがけのリーダーから「秘密」を明かされる。天吾と父親の宿命的な再会、そして猫の町。二人が迷いこんだ世界の謎はまだ消えない。

1949年にジョージ・オーウェルは、近未来小説としての『1984』を刊行した。そして2009年、『1Q84』は逆の方向から1984年を描いた近過去小説である。そこに描かれているのは「こうであったかもしれない」世界なのだ。私たちが生きている現在が、「そうではなかったかもしれない」世界であるのと、ちょうど同じように。

Udalosti v Tóruho živote naberú rýchly spád. Mei Kasaharová mu napíše list z neznámeho miesta, v ktorom ho dôrazne upozorňuje na článok v istom bulvárnom denníku, kde sa píše o tajomnom majiteľovi domu na opustenej parcele poznačenej ľudským nešťastím. Tóru stále hľadá Kumiko, zbližuje sa s ďalšou prapodivnou dvojicou, a do jeho života čoraz nevyberanejšími spôsobmi vstupuje jeho švagor Naboru Wataja, vysokopostavený politik, ktorý sa obáva škandálu. Kumiko je však stále preč, a k Tóruovi sa celkom nečakane vráti stratený kocúr.

»Hunger hatten wir, so viel stand fest. Allerdings keinen gewöhnlichen, nein – uns kam es so vor, als hätten wir ein kosmisches Vakuum verschluckt.« Zwei Freunde marschieren mit Messern bewaffnet los, um in der nächsten Bäckerei ihren Hunger zu stillen. Doch sie haben die Rechnung ohne den Bäcker gemacht. Der untermalt das Croissantballett mit Wagnerklängen und schlägt ein ungewöhnliches Tauschgeschäft vor. Das verlangt nach einem zweiten Bäckereiüberfall … Murakamis legendäre ›Bäckereiüberfälle‹ sind ein Musterstück surrealistisch-existentialistischer Erzählkunst, in dem der Weltbestsellerautor seinem unnachahmlichen Humor freien Lauf lässt. Nachdem Murakamis Erzählung ›Schlaf‹ weltweit mit Kat Menschiks Zeichnungen erschien, traf Murakami seine Illustratorin in Berlin und wünschte sich, dass sie weitere seiner Geschichten bebildert. Das Ergebnis sind ›Die Bäckereiüberfälle‹ – wie man sie noch niemals gesehen hat.

アンアン連載の人気エッセイ、村上春樹のテキストと大橋歩の銅版画がつくり出す居心地のいい時間。野菜の気持ち、アンガー・マネージメント、無考えなこびと、オキーフのパイナップル、あざらしのくちづけ、うなぎ屋の猫、決闘とサクランボ、ほか全52篇。

A las voces de Aomame –la enigmática instructora de gimnasia y asesina– y de Tengo –el profesor de matemáticas y escritor–, se suma, en este tercer volumen de la novela 1Q84 , la de un nuevo personaje, un detective llamado Ushikawa. Su última misión, encargada por Vanguardia, el misterioso culto religioso, consistió en comprobar si Aomame era digna de confianza para trabajar para el líder. Ushikawa dio el visto bueno a la joven, pero ésta los traicionó a todos, cometió un nuevo asesinato y luego desapareció. Si el detective no logra encontrarla, la venganza de la secta se abatirá sobre él. Entretanto, Aomame y Tengo, cada uno a su modo, siguen deseándose en la ausencia, buscándose –en el más puro estilo de Murakami– casi sin moverse de su sitio, aislados, quizás a punto de experimentar un giro radical en sus vidas y esperando un reencuentro que los redima... en el mundo de 1984, o en el de 1Q84, ese fantasmagórico universo con dos lunas.

Никто не скажет о предлагаемой вашему вниманию книге лучше, чем сам автор — наиболее знаменитый мастер современной японской литературы: «Ультракороткие рассказы (вероятно, это странноватое название, но другого мне не приходит в голову) этого сборника, на самом деле были написаны для серии журнальной рекламы. Первая часть — для марки одежды “J. Press”, вторая — для перьевых ручек «Паркер». Хотя, как видите, содержание рассказов совершенно не связано ни с одеждой, ни с перьевыми ручками. Я просто написал их по собственному вкусу, Андзай Мидзумару сделал для них иллюстрации, а рядом с ними в журнале как-то виновато опубликовали рекламу товара. Серия рассказов для “J. Press” печаталась в журнале “Men’s Club”, серия для ручек — в журнале “Тайё”. Не знаю, насколько эффективными они оказались с точки зрения рекламы, — и, честно говоря, даже думать об этом не хочу».

村上春树自选三十五年来的精彩随笔结集而成，都是未以单行本发表过的文字，并在每篇前附短文记述写作时的心绪。

소설 "태엽감는 새"는 세계에서 가장 인기 있는 작가 중 한 명인 하룬키 무라카미의 작품으로, 진정한 조이스적 규모를 지니고 있다. 제2차 세계대전의 공포와 현대 일본인의 운명, 편지, 신비로운 꿈, 기억, 잡지 기사, 암호화된 파일 등으로 구성된 이 작품은 믿을 수 없는 사건들, 섬세한 아이러니, 그리고 하룬키 무라카미 특유의 독창적인 어조로 엮인 완전한 서사이다. "태엽감는 새. 3: 새잡이꾼 편 I"는 "태엽감는 새"의 세 번째 부분이다.

A dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first time This volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers like Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, as well as emerging voices like Abe Kazushige, Ishii Shinji, and Kawakami Hiromi. From the orthodox to the cutting-edge, they represent a range of styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of Japanese fiction over the past few decades in a collection that is equally rewarding for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of English or Japanese. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer and a world-class conductor. 'My only purpose in this book was for me, as a music lover, to have a discussion of music with the musician Seiji Ozawa that was as open and honest as possible. I simply wanted to bring out the ways that each of us (though on vastly different levels) is dedicated to music.' Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros.

Druhý diel trilógie Kronika vtáčika na kľúčik zachytáva udalosti obdobia štyroch mesiacov po zmiznutí Tóruho manželky Kumiko. Tá sa jedného rána ako obyčajne vydá do práce a nevráti sa domov. Podľa všetkého opustila manžela kvôli inému mužovi, Tóru si však takýto koniec ich na pohľad harmonického vzťahu nedokáže vysvetliť. V zúfalstve ho mimovoľne inšpiruje motív studne, ktorý sa v jeho živote v poslednom čase opakovane objavuje. S úmyslom nerušene porozmýšľať zíde do vyschnutej studne v záhrade neďalekého opusteného domu. Tu sa poriadok jeho sveta drasticky narúša a udalosti nadobúdajú prudký spád...

Writing in a style that is deceptively plainspoken, Haruki Murakami finds a dreamlike common ground between Japan and the West, conscious and subconscious. His heroes lose themselves in quests that we may not always understand, but are hopelessly compelled to follow.

While their stories influence one another, at times by accident and at times intentionally, the two come closer and closer to intertwining.

Vol. 2: book three translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel

Харуки Мураками - абсолютный мастер слова и легенда современной литературы. Его мировая известность даже выше, чем та невероятная популярность, которую он снискал на родине в Японии. Его романы отмечены литературными премиями

A mesmerising, epic, utterly involving masterpiece from Haruki Murakami The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Something extraordinary is starting. *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW* '1Q84 has a range and sophistication that surpasses anything else in his oeuvre. It is his most achieved novel; an epic in which form and content are neatly aligned' Independent on Sunday

1987年9月、講談社から書き下ろし作品として上下二分冊で刊行された。1991年4月に講談社文庫として文庫化、2004年9月に文庫改訂版が出された（なお、単行本にはあとがきが付されているが、文庫版には掲載されていない）。 執筆はギリシャ、シチリア、ローマで行われた。そのため、引き続いてロンドンで執筆した『ダンス・ダンス・ダンス』と共に「異国の影のようなものが宿命的にしみついている」「結果として書かれるべくして書かれた小説」「もし日本で書かれていたとしたら、（中略）これほど垂直的に「入って」いかなかったろう」と村上は『遠い太鼓』に書いている。1987年3月7日、早朝から17時間休みなしで第一稿を深夜に書き上げる。直後の日記に「すごく良い」とだけ書き記した。3月26日、第二稿完成。すべてボールペンで手書き。 学生運動の時代を背景として、主人公「僕」と、友人の恋人「直子」を軸に、様々な思春期の葛藤や人間模様、恋愛、喪失感などを巧みに描き、非常に広く読まれている。後述のように上巻は、片山恭一『世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ』に抜かれるまで、日本小説単行本の発行部数トップであった。 主人公の通っている「東京の私立大学」は村上の母校早稲田大学を、「主人公が入っていた寮」は入寮していた和敬塾をモデルにしている。なおこの作品は村上の実体験を基にした「自伝的小説」であるとも見られるが、本人はこれを否定している。 元となる作品として短編小説の「螢」（『中央公論』1983年1月号初出）がある。また、短編小説「めくらやなぎと眠る女」も本作にまとまっていく系統の作品だが、「螢」とは違って本作との間にストーリー上の直接の関連はないという。 1989年、アルフレッド・バーンバウムの翻訳による英訳版『Norwegian Wood』が出版された。しかし同氏の英訳書はその後絶版となり、現在はジェイ・ルービンが翻訳したもの（2000年刊行）が流通している。アメリカ、イギリス、カナダ、オーストラリアなどの英語圏のほか、フランス、ドイツ、イタリア、ロシア、中国、台湾、韓国などでも翻訳されている。ノルウェー語にも翻訳された。

Tokió külvárosában egy Okada Toru nevű munka nélküli fiatalember először csak felesége elveszett macskája keresésére indul, idővel aztán rádöbben, hogy a felesége is elhagyta. A város békés felszíne alatt rejtőző föld alatti világba keveredve különös ismeretséget köt egy testvérpárral, akik a görög szigetvilág két tagjáról kapták a nevüket. A szomszédban lakó bolondos lány révén beavatást nyer a parókakészítés rejtelmeibe, egy nyugalmazott tiszt pedig a mandzsúriai háború tapasztalatait osztja meg vele. A zenekedvelő és rezignált Toru titokzatos állást vállal az inkognitójukat messzemenőkig őrző Szerecsendiónál és Fahéjnál, s eltűnt háziállatának és házastársának felkutatása miatt szó szerint sötét és mély kútba kell alászállnia. Murakami valóságot és misztikumot ötvöző regényének felzaklató történeteit az elbeszélés szenvtelen nyugalma ellensúlyozza, feszült kíváncsiságot ébresztve az olvasóban, aki az események sodrásának engedve képtelen letenni a könyvet. A lapok közül pedig minduntalan kihallatszik a világ mozgásban tartásáért felelős, láthatatlan kurblimadár hangja: gíííííííí...

Tokió külvárosában egy Okada Toru nevű munka nélküli fiatalember először csak felesége elveszett macskája keresésére indul, idővel aztán rádöbben, hogy a felesége is elhagyta. A város békés felszíne alatt rejtőző föld alatti világba keveredve különös ismeretséget köt egy testvérpárral, akik a görög szigetvilág két tagjáról kapták a nevüket. A szomszédban lakó bolondos lány révén beavatást nyer a parókakészítés rejtelmeibe, egy nyugalmazott tiszt pedig a mandzsúriai háború tapasztalatait osztja meg vele. A zenekedvelő és rezignált Toru titokzatos állást vállal az inkognitójukat messzemenőkig őrző Szerecsendiónál és Fahéjnál, s eltűnt háziállatának és házastársának felkutatása miatt szó szerint sötét és mély kútba kell alászállnia. Murakami valóságot és misztikumot ötvöző regényének felzaklató történeteit az elbeszélés szenvtelen nyugalma ellensúlyozza, feszült kíváncsiságot ébresztve az olvasóban, aki az események sodrásának engedve képtelen letenni a könyvet. A lapok közül pedig minduntalan kihallatszik a világ mozgásban tartásáért felelős, láthatatlan kurblimadár hangja: gíííííííí...

U ovom drugom tomu, Aomame i Tengo, sticajem neobičnih događaja, potvrđuju svoje sumnje da se nalaze u drugom vremenu - u godini 1Q84 - iz kojeg ne mogu da se vrate natrag u 1984. godinu i svoje realno vreme. Njihova ljubav, iako je čini samo stisak ruke u detinjstvu, jedina je istinska i prava u ovom romanu. Ona je pokretač svih dešavanja i jača uprkos njihovoj razdvojenosti, a oni se sve više približavaju jedno drugom. Murakami se u ovom nastavku produbljeno bavi filozofskim temama, odnosom dobra i zla, krivice i kazne i, pre svega, smislom života, stavom prema smrti, žrtvovanjem, ali i porodičnim vezama i, neizostavno, ljubavlju. „Ako u svetu nema ljubavi, sve je iluzija i imitacija." Autor nas upozorava da ljubav jeste glavni pokretač, ali je u modernom svetu često nema onde gde najviše treba da je bude - između muža i žene i roditelja i dece. Poznat, i zbog toga u Japanu često kritikovan, kao pisac koji unosi previše zapadnjačke tradicije u svoje romane, Murakami je ovu priču o univerzalnim temama zajedničkim za ceo svet, obojio više no ikad pre istočnjačkom filozofijom i japanskim načinom života, naročito kuhinjom, čiji nas sastojci omamljuju sa stranica ove knjige. Nastaviće se u trećem delu......

Envoûtante et onirique, une des nouvelles les plus énigmatiques de Haruki Murakami, superbement illustrée aux couleurs de nuit, par Kat Menschik. Dans un style pur et cristallin, une plongée obsédante dans les dix-sept nuits sans sommeil d?une femme, pour pénétrer tout le mystère et la magie de l'univers du maître. « Du pur Murakami. » Elle Traduit du japonaispar Corinne Atlan Né à Kyoto en 1949, Haruki Murakami est le traducteur japonais de Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver et John Irving. Ne supportant pas le conformisme de la société japonaise, il s'est expatrié en Grèce, en Italie puis aux États-Unis. En 1995, après le tremblement de terre de Kobe et l'attentat du métro de Tokyo, il a décidé de rentrer au Japon. Haruki Murakami a rencontré le succès dès la parution de son premier roman, Écoute le chant du vent (1979), qui lui a valu le prix Gunzo. Suivront notamment Chroniques de l'oiseau à ressort, Au sud de la frontière, à l'ouest du soleil, Les Amants du Spoutnik, Kafka sur le rivage et Le Passage de la nuit. Il signe aujourd?hui une trilogie, 1Q84, dont les deux premiers tomes paraissent chez Belfond en 2011 et le dernier tome en 2012. Plusieurs fois favori pour le prix Nobel de littérature, Haruki Murakami est aujourd'hui un auteur culte au Japon et son ?uvre est traduite dans plus de trente pays.

An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, from the incomparable, bestselling author Haruki Murakami. While simply training for the New York City Marathon would be enough for most people, Haruki Murakami decided to write about it as well. The result is a beautiful memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid memories and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. By turns funny and sobering, playful and phulosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in athletic pursuit.

Впервые на русском — новый сборник рассказов самого знаменитого мастера современной японской литературы, своего рода коллекция таинственных городских легенд. Здесь призрак серфера, погибшего от зубов акулы, бродит по гавайским пляжам, благополучный отец семейства таинственно исчезает между двадцать четвертым и двадцать шестым этажом высотного дома, перекати-камень в форме почки имеет собственные намерения, а обезьяна из района Синагава охотится за чужими именами.

Кенгуру-композитор, стопроцентная девушка, вампир в такси, Человек-Овца, тонгарские вороны, девушка из Ипанемы, Птица-Поганка, тюлени, которые жить не могут без визиток… Все они и многие другие - герои классического сборника рассказов Харуки Мураками "Хороший день для кенгуру" (1986). Истории самого популярного в мире японского писателя нежны, глубоки, сюрреалистичны, призрачны и загадочны, как его романы. Проза высокой пробы.