A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014 A New York Times Notable Book A Guardian Best Book of the Year A New York Times Bestseller Nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award "Hardly a soul writes of the listening and playing of music with such insight and tenderness. . . . There are moments of epiphany gracefully expressed, especially in regard…
Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum His fantasies, with their easy reference to western pulp fiction and music, retain a beauty of the mind ― Guardian Murakami's bold willingness to go straight-over-the-top has always been a signal indication of his genius...a powerful melange of disillusioned radicalism, keen intelligence, wicked sarcasm and a general allegiance to the surreal. If Murakami is…
A story of love in a cool climate, intensely romantic and weepily beautiful...it is startlingly different: a true original ― Guardian Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem ― The Times This wise and beautiful book is full of hidden truths ― New York Times
'Murakami manages to set a course that takes in views of all literature, sport and the uphill journey of ageing, all with a modest fluency that covers the ground without raising a sweat.' - INDEPENDENT A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer.
