Killing Commendatore

You’ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you’re destined for – what do you do? In Murakami’s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, […]

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer and a world-class conductor. ‘My only purpose in this book was for me, as a music lover, to have a discussion of music with the musician Seiji Ozawa that was as open and honest as possible. I simply wanted to bring out the […]

Across seven tales, the author brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. He tells the stories of vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles.

Berättaren, Läraren K, älskar Sumire, en ung, begåvad och orolig författare. Sumire älskar affärskvinnan Myu, som hon kallar sin “sputnikälskling” (hon har en gång råkat kalla Sumires favoritförfattare Jack Kerouac “sputnik” i stället för “beatnik”). Men Myu har förlorat förmågan att uppleva någon kärlek överhuvudtaget. En natt får K ett telefonsamtal från en grekisk ö. […]