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An unusual and mesmerising novel from the cult Japanese author
The first, fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. He is the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction. His works include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, After Dark and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. His work has been translated into more than forty languages, and the most recent of his many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J.M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V.S. Naipaul.
'In the spring of her 22nd year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains - flattening everything in its path, tossing things ...
'How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration' Independent on Sunday
'A story of love in a cool climate, intensely romantic and weepily beautiful-it is startlingly different: a true original' Guardian
'A remarkable writer-he captures the common ache of contemporary heart and head' Jay McInerney
'If Raymond Chandler had lived long enough to see Blade Runner, he might have written something like Dance Dance Dance' Observer
'Murakami must already rank among the world's greatest living novelists' Guardian
'His fantasies, with their easy reference to western pulp fiction and music, retain a beauty of the mind' Guardian
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