His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a rightwing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep. that may or may not be running the world, and the upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's finest novelist.
Alfred Birnbaum Book order (chronological)
Alfred Birnbaum is an American author whose deep engagement with Japan, where he has lived since childhood, informs his distinctive literary voice. He has been an active participant in the country's visual and performing arts scene. As a leading translator of contemporary Japanese fiction, he bridges cultural divides through literature. His work often explores themes of identity and cross-cultural understanding.
Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami’s Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire.
Zen pro kočky: Učení kočičích Mistrů zenu
- 90 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Zen pro kočky potěší všechny ty, kteří přežili přísný vztah mistr-žák, jímž kočky vedou nás, lidi, k Pravdě. Více jak sedmdesát perokreseb zachycuje podstatu koček v kontemplaci, osvětluje tři sloupy Za-zenu, Za-svačiny, Za-zdřímnutí a odhalí tajná esoterická umění znamení v krabici s pískem. Ať jste hostem či pánem lstivého následovníka Stezky, zjistíte, že Zen pro kočky je transcendentní.