Haruki Murakami

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. "Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka."--The Philadelphia InquirerAcross two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once a hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind. This unabridged edition uses the original Japanese title of the book, which was later inverted for foreign publications.

The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling author of 1Q84. A novel about the porous boundary between the real and shadow worlds. After losing his beloved as a teenager, the narrator finds his way to the Town, a mysterious place where he finds work as a Dream Reader in the library. Back in the real world as an adult he tries to recapture his time in the Town by taking a job as a librarian in a remote location in Fukushima province, where he takes over the job from a ghost. When a boy, M, who visits the library every day, vanishes, the boundaries between spatial and temporal realities, and between individuals, seems to have been breached. A novel about the barriers, imaginary and real, that we put up between and within ourselves.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for our peculiar times. "Haruki Murakami invented 21st-century fiction." --The New York Times - "More than any author since Kafka, Murakami appreciates the genuine strangeness of our real world." --San Francisco Chronicle - "Murakami is masterful." --Los Angeles Times We begin with a nameless young couple: a boy and a girl, teenagers in love. One day, she disappears . . . and her absence haunts him for the rest of his life. Thus begins a search for this lost love that takes the man into middle age and on a journey between the real world and an other world - a mysterious, perhaps imaginary, walled town where unicorns roam, where a Gatekeeper determines who can enter and who must remain behind, and where shadows become untethered from their selves. Listening to his own dreams and premonitions, the man leaves his life in Tokyo behind and ventures to a small mountain town, where he becomes the head librarian, only to learn the mysterious circumstances surrounding the gentleman who had the job before him. As the seasons pass and the man grows more uncertain about the porous boundaries between these two worlds, he meets a strange young boy who helps him to see what he's been missing all along. The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers. "Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?" --Haruki Murakami, from the afterword

»Telefonen ringede, mens jeg var ved at koge spaghetti ude i køkkenet. Jeg havde stillet ind på FM og fløjtede med på ouverturen til Rossinis ‘Den tyvagtige Skade’, den perfekte musik at koge pasta til.«Så tilforladeligt og hverdagsagtigt starter denne fortælling. Men da fortælleren, den unge og for tiden arbejdsløse, nærmest hyper­almindelige fyr, Toru Okada, tager telefonen, hører han en stemme, der tilhører en kvinde, han ikke kender. Hun lader dog til at vide alt om ham, og herfra er det ende­gyldigt forbi med hans ret uopfindsomme hverdagsrutiner.” TRÆKOPFUGLENS KRØNIKE startede min store Murakami-begejstring, som ikke har lagt sig siden! Han skriver på samme tid utrolig enkelt og meget komplekst. Nemt forståeligt og totalt absurd. Hans sprog er som poesi, og hans fortællinger er både uhyggelige, smukke og morsomme.” Ane Cortzen, Femina

Bogen er Murakamis femte roman på dansk. Den forener alle forfatterens bedste litterære træk, kærlighedshistorien, mysteriet om den forsvundne elskede, beskrivelsen af det moderne Japan set i både frø- og fugleperspektiv og endelig den stilfærdige, men dybdeborende undersøgelse af kærlighedens og længslens væsen. Sumire vil gerne være forfatter. Hun skriver også, hver dag, mange sider – og hun skriver godt, synes hendes bedste ven, der fortæller historien om hende. Der er bare det, at det ikke rigtig bliver til noget, det er alt for fragmentarisk, hendes idéer vil ikke føje sig sammen til et hele. Hun mangler livserfaring, siger hun, lidelse og lidenskab. Og så sker det. Hun møder den smukke, sytten år ældre kvinde Miu og oplever denne vilde længsel, dette heftige begær efter bare at mærke et andet menneskes hud. Hun siger ja til at arbejde for Miu, selv om hun så må lægge skriveriet på hylden, hun kan alligevel ikke skrive en linje, efter de har mødt hinanden.

Man kan kun komme ind i byen bag muren, hvis man efterlader sin skygge udenfor. Bogens fortæller drages derind, drevet af et besættende savn. Det bliver starten på en drømmeagtig rejse, der vil forandre ham for altid. Haruki Murakamis nye roman, den første i seks år, er en post-pandemisk lignelse, en kærlighedshistorie og en ode til bøgerne og de biblioteker, der huser dem.“På det tidspunkt havde hverken du eller jeg noget navn. Vi var bare sytten og seksten og fulde af farvestrålende fantasier i sommerskumringen i græsset på flodbredden. Snart ville stjernerne begynde at funkle over vores hoveder; heller ikke de havde nogen navne. Vi sad ved siden af hinanden i græsset ved floden i en navnløs verden.”– Fra bogen

En Boeing 747 lægger an til landing i Hamburgs lufthavn, og ud af kabinens højttalere strømmer en lummer udgave af Beatles-sangen ´Norwegian Wood´. Om bord er Toru Watanabe. Han er 37 år gammel, men da han hører lige præcis den melodi, katapulteres han tilbage til sin studietid i Tokyo. En historie om stor kærlighed og stor ensomhed tager sin begyndelse. Med Norwegian Wood steg Murakamis popularitet i Japan til hidtil usete højder, og den fine og meget personlige kærlighedshistorie gav ham samtidig det afgørende gennembrud i resten af verden. »Murakami er både en underholdende og vigtig forfatter, som forbilledligt skriver på det kulturelle møde mellem Vesten og Japan, og Norwegian Wood er en roman, som har sin helt egen tone og forunderlige vekslen mellem liv og død.«- Kristeligt Dagblad

Legendan omakohtaisin teos. Paljastavat, omaääniset tarinat yksikön ensimmäisessä persoonassa avaavat Murakamin mysteeriä lähempää kuin koskaan ennen. Kaikki mitä et tähtikirjailijasta tiennyt! Ensimmäinen persoona -novellikokoelma antaa ainutlaatuisen tilaisuuden kurkistaa suosikkikirjailijan kulisseihin. Puhuuko Murakami omasta elämästään, kun hän puhuu yhden yön jutuista, baseballista ja keskusteluista apinan kanssa? Novellien huumaava keitos syntyy maagisista aineksista, mestarillisesta tarinankerronnasta ja kummallisista käänteistä. Hämmentävyydellään teksti kietoo lukijan pikkusormensa ympärille. Murakamin kyky sukeltaa syvälle tavanomaiseen ja tuoda mukanaan pintaan jotain outoa, jotain uskomatonta ja jotain käsittämättömän kiehtovaa on lumonnut lukijat ympäri maailman. Haruki Murakami (s. 1949) on julkaissut romaaneja, novelleja ja tietokirjoja, joita on käännetty yli 40 kielelle. Lisäksi hän on opiskellut elokuva-alaa ja perustanut jazzklubin. Mestarikertojan kirjoista otetaan Japanissa miljoonapainoksia, ja kansainvälinen suosio on yhtä huikea. Yhä useampi uskoo, että jonain päivänä Murakami saa Nobel-palkinnon.

Vihdoin uutta Murakamia! Maagisen realismin mestari Murakami punoo mystisen kertomuksen matkasta mielikuvituskaupunkiin, jonne astuessa tämän maailman säännöt saa unohtaa. Poika menettää elämänsä rakkauden, kun tyttöystävä katoaa jälkiä jättämättä. Aikuisena hän eräänä päivänä herää tytön keksimästä kummallisesta kaupungista, joka on tuttu jo menestysteoksesta Maailmanloppu ja ihmemaa. Mutta löytyykö kaupungin muurien sisäpuolelta kadotettu rakkaus vai jotain ihan muuta? Omintakeisella tyylillään Murakami yhdistelee arkista taianomaiseen ja eriskummalliseen, eikä lukija voi arvata, mitä tuleman pitää. Haruki Murakami (s. 1949) on julkaissut romaaneja, novelleja ja tietokirjoja, joita on käännetty yli 50 kielelle. Lisäksi hän on opiskellut elokuva-alaa ja perustanut jazzklubin. Mestarikertojan kirjoista otetaan Japanissa miljoonapainoksia, ja kansainvälinen suosio on yhtä huikea. Yhä useampi uskoo, että jonain päivänä Murakami saa Nobel-palkinnon.

Siete intensas historias sobre el desamor y la compleja relaci n entre hombres y mujeres. Haruki Murakami ofrece a los lectores siete relatos --entre ellos el que nspir la pel cula ganadora en Cannes 2021, en los Globos de Oro y nominada al scar, Drive my car-- sobre la soledad que precede o sigue a la relaci n amorosa. Hombres que han perdido a una mujer, o cuya relaci n ha estado marcada por el desencuentro, asisten inermes al regreso de los fantasmas del pasado y son incapaces de establecer una comunicaci n plena con la pareja o ven extra amente interrumpida su historia de amor. Otros experimentan atormentados amores no correspondidos o, incluso, como en el relato protagonizado por una metamorfosis kafkiana, desconocen todav a los mecanismos del afecto y del sexo. Sin embargo, las verdaderas protagonistas de estas historias son ellas, las mujeres que, misteriosas, irrumpen en la vida de los hombres para luego desaparecer. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Seven intense stories about heartbreak and the complex relationship between men and women. Haruki Murakami offers readers seven stories - including the one that inspired the winning film at Cannes 2021, at the Golden Globes and nominated for an Oscar, Drive my car - about the loneliness that precedes or follows the love relationship. Men who have lost a woman, or whose relationship has been marked by disagreement, witness the return of the ghosts of the past helplessly and are unable to establish full communication with their partner or see their love story strangely interrupted. Others experience tormented unrequited love or, even, as in the story starring a Kafkaesque metamorphosis, they are still unaware of the mechanisms of affection and sex. However, the real protagonists of these stories are them, the women who, mysteriously, burst into men's lives and then disappear.

"O ee smerti mne soobschil po telefonu staryj prijatel..." Tak nachinaetsja "Okhota na Ovets" - pozhaluj, samoe strannoe puteshestvie po zakoulkam sovremennogo mira i chelovecheskogo soznanija, pridumannoe legendoj sovremennoj literatury japonskim pisatelem Kharuki Murakami. Etot roman stal absoljutnym mirovym bestsellerom: "okhota na ovets" v nashikh dushakh ne zakonchitsja nikogda! Itak, pozvonite v politsiju, sprosite adres i nomer telefona semi, zatem pozvonite seme i uznajte datu i vremja pokhoron. A posle, v naznachennyj den, sadites v prigorodnuju elektrichku ot stantsii Vaseda. I nadejtes, chto okhota budet udachnoj... Tak chto zhe takoe ovtsa? "Da ja i sam ne znaju, - ulybaetsja Murakami posle vykhoda v svet "Okhoty". - No uveren, imenno eto i stalo glavnoj prichinoj uspekha knigi. Kak mirnaja sluchajnost iz spokojnoj obychnoj zhizni mozhet zabrosit cheloveka v sovershenno chuzhie kraja? Fotografija v reklamnom prospekte s vidami Khokkajdo privela geroja k sudbonosnomu resheniju. "Davaj najdem ovtsu, - proiznesla ona s zakrytymi glazami. - Najdem ovtsu - i mnogoe izmenitsja k luchshemu". Perevodchik: Dmitrij Kovalenin

Cuando nos rodean los muros, la aventura de toda una vida quiz consista en franquearlos. El regreso de Murakami a la novela despu s de La muerte del comendador. Atenci n: Murakami --igual que los Beatles-- provoca adicci n. Rodrigo Fres n, El Pa s Murakami merece el Nobel. Rafael Narbona, El Cultural (El Mundo) Murakami es el mejor escritor vivo. Pablo d'Ors, Abc Cultural Leer a Murakami es una experiencia transformadora, es adentrarse en un bosque, bajar a un pozo, pasear por un sue o. Antonio Lozano, La Vanguardia Murakami es un grande. Carlos Zan n, El Pa s Poco se imagina el joven protagonista de esta novela que la chica de la que se ha enamorado est a punto de desaparecer de su vida. Se han conocido durante un concurso entre estudiantes de diferentes institutos, y no pueden verse muy a menudo. En sus encuentros, sentados bajo la glicinia de un parque o paseando a orillas de un r o, la joven empieza a hablarle de una extra a ciudad amurallada, situada, al parecer, en otro mundo; poco a poco, ella acaba confes ndole su inquietante sensaci n de que su verdadero yo se halla en esa misteriosa ciudad. De pronto, entrado el oto o, el protagonista recibe una carta de ella que quiz suponga una despedida, y eso lo sume en una profunda tristeza. Tendr n que pasar a os antes de que pueda atisbar alguna posibilidad de reencontrarla. Y sin embargo, esa ciudad, tal y como ella la describi , existe. Porque todo es posible en este asombroso universo donde la realidad, la identidad, los sue os y las sombras fluct an y escapan a los r gidos l mites de la l gica. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?" --Haruki Murakami, from the afterword to The City and Its Uncertain Walls The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers.

I 1980 skrev Haruki Murakami en novelle om en by omgitt av en mur. Fem år senere utga han fortellingen Hardkokt eventyrland og verdens ende, der en isolert by dukker opp. Nå har han løftet tematikken inn i den svimlende fascinerende romanen Byen bak muren. En mann møter igjen ungdomskjæresten han aldri har glemt, og befinner seg snart i en by omsluttet av en høy mur. Da han drar tilbake til hverdagen og bibliotekarjobben, er det som om livsgnisten er borte. Han vil tilbake til byen bak muren, til kvinnen han endelig er blitt gjenforent med. Men er byen virkelig, eller bare en fantasi de to diktet opp da de var unge og nyforelsket? Byen bak muren er en historie om kjærlighet, ensomhet, drømmer og illusjoner, fortalt slik bare Haruki Murakami kan.

Haruki Murakami's best-loved stories finally in graphic novel form! Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into scores of languages. Now for the first time, in this three-volume series, Murakami's best-loved stories are available in manga form in English. With their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's signature themes of loss, remorse and confusion. The three stories in this volume are:The Second Bakery Attack: A newlywed couple lie in bed, hungry. The man tells his wife about when he and a friend robbed a bakery and stole bread to feed themselves for two days. On hearing this story, the woman suggests they try the same thing again. " […] exemplifies Murakami's sense of the fragility of the ordinary world." —Kirkus ReviewsSamsa in Love: An extension of the tale of Gregor Samsa in Kafka's The Metamorphosis. The main character wakes up to find himself transformed into someone named Samsa, then falls in love with a hunchback woman who comes to fix the lock on his door. "Samsa in Love is part of a lineage, going back to the original publication of The Metamorphosis in 1915 and extending up to (and beyond?) the present day." —Los Angeles TimesThailand: A middle-aged woman takes a break from her job as a doctor to go on holiday in Thailand. She learns from a spirit doctor that her sterile life and inability to forgive have created a rock in her gut, which will be all that remains of her after she is dead. "His characters are so persuasive, and the storytelling so spacious.… Murakami's crisp, accomplished stories…have great immediacy." —The Seattle TimesThese new graphic versions of classic Murakami short stories will be devoured by his fans and will provide a new window onto his work for a new generation of readers not yet familiar with it!**Recommended for readers ages 16+ due to mature themes and graphic content**

Murakamin puhutuin teos vihdoin suomeksi! Myyttiseen asemaan noussut Vieterilintukronikka on yksi Murakamin pääteoksista, eeppinen matka, jossa eksynyt sielu voi löytää tien takaisin vain vieterilintua seuraamalla. Toru Okadan vaimo on poissa tolaltaan, sillä heidän kissansa on kadonnut. Muutenkin vaimo tuntuu etääntyvän Torusta päivä päivältä. Ehkä juuri siksi Toru päättää olla kertomatta kummallisista puhelinsoitoista, joita hän on alkanut saada. Niiden soittaja tuntuu tietävän hänestä kaiken. Vähä vähältä Torun siisti, moitteeton ja arkisen harmaa elämä alkaa purkautua. Edessä on yliluonnollisesti sävyttynyt matka, jolla oppaina toimii vaihteleva joukko hahmoja, joista jokaisella on oma tarinansa kerrottavanaan. Haruki Murakamia (s. 1949) on jo ehditty verrata ties kehen: Austeriin, Salingeriin, Chandleriin, Borgesiin. Japanissa hänen kirjoistaan otetaan miljoonapainoksia ja hän on siellä etenkin nuorten lukijoiden suosikki. Myös Murakamin kansainvälinen suosio on huikea, ja yhä useampi uskoo, että jonain päivänä hän vielä saa Nobel-palkinnon.

El trepidante y esperado desenlace de La muerte del comendador (Libro 1) de Haruki Murakami. En el primer volumen, dejamos al protagonista deseoso de saber qu se oculta detr s del cuadro titulado La muerte del comendador. Tambi n ha aprendido a convivir con los extra os personajes y objetos que lo envuelven desde que se instal en la casa en las monta as. Y, a petici n de su vecino, ha empezado a esbozar el retrato de una peculiar adolescente, Marie Akikawa. Pero cuando sta, una tarde en que regresaba del colegio, desaparece misteriosamente, el protagonista se lanzar en su busca. Y para encontrarla no dudar en enfrentarse a lo desconocido, y tampoco a los terribles dilemas a los que su aventura va a conducirle. Qu le ocurri en el pasado al autor del cuadro La muerte del comendador? Qui n es el hombre sin rostro?... En este segundo libro, de ritmo acelerado y lleno de suspense, las inc gnitas sembradas en el anterior volumen van desvel ndose, y encajan en el lugar que deben ocupar, como en un puzzle, para que el lienzo entero cobre pleno sentido. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Killing Commendatore: Book 1, left the protagonist eager to know what is hidden behind the painting. By now, he has learned to live with the strange characters and objects that surround him in the quiet house in the mountains. And, at the request of his neighbor, he has begun to sketch the portrait of a peculiar teenager, Marie Akikawa. But when she mysteriously disappears while returning home from school, the protagonist sets out in search of her. And to find her, he will not hesitate to face the unknow, nor the terrible dilemmas to which his adventure will lead him. What happened in the past to the author of the painting Killing Commendatore? Who is the man without a face?... In this second book, with an accelerated pace and full of suspense, the unknowns planted in the previous volume are revealed, and fit into the place they should occupy, as in a puzzle, so that the entire canvas finally makes sense.

nicamente en soledad, cuando el futuro es incierto, empieza el verdadero viaje. En plena crisis de pareja, un retratista de cierto prestigio abandona Tokio en direcci n al norte de Jap n. Confuso, sumido en sus recuerdos, deambula por el pa s hasta que, finalmente, un amigo le ofrece instalarse en una peque a casa aislada, rodeada de bosques, que pertenece a su padre, un pintor famoso. En suma, un lugar donde retirarse durante un tiempo. En esa casa de paredes vac as, tras o r extra os ruidos, el protagonista descubre en un desv n lo que parece un cuadro, envuelto y con una etiqueta en la que se lee: La muerte del comendador . Cuando se decida a desenvolverlo se abrir ante l un extra o mundo donde la pera Don Giovanni de Mozart, el encargo de un retrato, una t mida adolescente y, por supuesto, un comendador, sembrar n de inc gnitas su vida, hasta hace poco anodina y rutinaria. Este primer volumen de la novela La muerte del comendador es un fascinante laberinto donde lo cotidiano se ve invadido de se ales indescifrables, de preguntas cuya respuesta todav a est lejos de vislumbrarse. El lector, al igual que el protagonista, deber permanecer muy atento. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Only in solitude, when the future is uncertain, does the true journey begin. In the midst of a relationship crisis, a portrait painter of some prestige leaves Tokyo for the north of Japan. Confused, and immersed in his memories, he wanders around the country until, finally, a friend lets him use a small isolated house, surrounded by forests, that belongs to his father, a famous painter. In short, a place to retire for a while. In a house with empty walls, after hearing strange noises, the protagonist discovers what looks like a painting, wrapped and with a label that reads: "Killing Commendatore." When he decides to unwrap it, a strange world opens before him, where Mozart's Don Giovanni, the commission of a portrait, a shy teenager and, of course, a commander, will fill his life with questions, where there only used to be dullness and boredom. Killing Commendatore: Book 1 is a fascinating labyrinth where everyday life is plagued by indecipherable signs, by questions whose answers are still far from being glimpsed. The reader, like the protagonist, must remain very attentive.

Words have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never stand apart from those principles.'You end this collection…vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' GuardianReaders who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his beautifully surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.'Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers' New York Times Book Review'A fascinating glimpse of the peculiar writerly life' Sunday Times** A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**