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Haruki Murakami

    January 12, 1949

    Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist whose work blends realism with surreal and dreamlike elements. Books like Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore explore loneliness, memory, and the search for identity. His style is simple yet lyrical, marked by rhythm and introspection. Music, coincidence, and quiet melancholy shape his narrative world.

    Haruki Murakami
    Vintage Murakami
    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
    The Penguin Book of Japanese short stories
    世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド / Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
    The Best of Murakami Collection
    1Q84: Book One and Book Two
    • The City and Its Uncertain Walls

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      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

      The City and Its Uncertain Walls2024
      3.8
    • Vintage Books presents this set of wonderful stories, perfect for fans of one of popular culture’s most enduring and celebrated writers.

      The Best of Murakami Collection2024
      5.0
    • 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.

      Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 12023
    • Honigkuchen

      Erzählung

      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.

      Honigkuchen2023
      4.2
    • Nowa książka japońskiego mistrza Porzucenie kota to wspomnienie Murakamiego o ojcu, uważane przez niektórych krytyków za jeden z najważniejszych tekstów pisarza opublikowanych w ostatnich latach i stanowiący klucz do zrozumienia wielu jego utworów. Ojcowie są u Murakamiego często nieobecni, co jest prawdopodobnie odzwierciedleniem skomplikowanych stosunków pisarza z własnym ojcem. Z tego niewielkich rozmiarów tekstu dowiadujemy się o dzieciństwie i dorastaniu pisarza w niewielkim mieście niedaleko Kobe, jako jedynaka kochającego książki i koty. Przede wszystkim jednak esej wyjaśnia, dlaczego w tak wielu utworach japońskiego pisarza pojawiają się sceny związane z drugą wojną światową oraz z okresem bezpośrednio ją poprzedzającym. Okazuje się, że przeżycia wojenne ojca, którymi podzielił się z małym synem, zostały niejako złożone na barki chłopca, który przez całe życie dźwiga ten ciężar. Murakami rozważa znaczenie historii i dowodzi, że każdy z nas jest odpowiedzialny za czyny popełnione w imieniu społeczeństwa czy narodu, do którego należymy, bez względu na to, czy się z nimi zgadzamy, czy nie.

      Porzucenie kota. Wspomnienie o ojcu2022
      3.6
    • Murakami T

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      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. Many of Haruki Murakami's fans know about his massive vinyl record collection (10,000 albums!) and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate passion: his T-shirt collecting. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts—from concert shirts to never-worn whiskey-themed Ts, and from beloved bookstore swag to the shirt that inspired the iconic short story "Tony Takitani." These photographs are paired with short, frank essays that include Murakami's musings on the joy of drinking Guinness in local pubs across Ireland, the pleasure of eating a burger upon arrival in the United States, and Hawaiian surf culture in the 1980s. Together, these photographs and reflections reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.

      Murakami T2021
      3.6