The Sputnik Sweetheart [In Japanese Language]

Literature & Fiction

村上春树

Haruki, Murakami

Literary

Kodansha

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Vol. 1

Shinchosha Co

Recommended short story collection of the same compositions as the English version edited in New York. Haruki Murakami specifically chose a selection of stories for an English publication, now collected together in Japanese. In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Japanese Edition)

Shinchosha/Tsai Fong Books

恋しくて - TEN SELECTED LOVE STORIES (中公文庫)

Kafka on the Shore [Paperback]

Shanghai Translation Publishing House; 1st edition

The book is a another major novel written by Haruki Murakami and published shortly afterForest in Norway. The content is closely a follow-up on Adventure in Tracking Sheep. The protagonist I is the same as in Adventure in Tracking Sheep. The story has two threads. First one is I and alumnus, film star  getting to know two call girls. Out of psychological distortion,  kills them and commits suicide by throwing himself into the sea. The other thread is I getting to know a lonely girl Snow, her photographer mother Rain and Rains boyfriend Dick. But kind-hearted Dick is killed in a car accident. I spend sometime in horror in the shadow of death. In the end I fall in love with a hotel attendant and acquire a sense of security. The novel reveals the distortion done to human psychology by the irrationality in capitalistic society and human beings spiritual solitude and lifes fragility in this type of society. The style uses a mixture of reality and fancy with a high level of artistry.

Dance! Dance! Dance! (Chinese Edition)

Shanghai Translation Publishing House

37 year old male protagonist owns two prosperous bars in downtown Tokyo. He also has a pretty wife and two lovely daughters. He is a real success. But his heart still feels the hunger the thirst which his work and family can not quench. The person who makes up for the loss is his primary school girlfriend Shimamoto. Shimamoto  does not want to reveal her experiences and identity and only wants him to accept her as what she is now. She only wants him to take her as a primary school girl loving classical music. But when he accepts the unacceptable requirements, The two spent a night in Hakone's villa overwhelmed with joy. The next morning she disappeared without a track to follow.

South of the Border and West of the Sun (Chinese Edition)

奇鸟行状录

上海译文出版社

寻羊冒险记

新华书店北美网

1q84(chinese Edition)3books

南海出版公司

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