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A las voces de Aomame -la enigmática instructora de gimnasia y asesina- y de Tengo -el profesor de matemáticas y escritor-, se suma, en este tercer volumen de la novela 1Q84, la de un nuevo personaje, un detective llamado Ushikawa. Su última misión,encargada por Vanguardia, el misterioso culto religioso, consistió en comprobar si Aomame era digna de confianza para trabajar para el líder. Ushikawa dio el visto bueno a la joven, pero ésta los traicionó a todos, cometió un nuevo asesinato y luegodesapareció. Si el detective no logra encontrarla, la venganza de la secta se abatirá sobre él. Entretanto, Aomame y Tengo, cada uno a su modo, siguen deseándose en la ausencia, buscándose -en el más puro estilo de Murakami- casi sin moverse de su sitio,aislados, quizás a punto de experimentar un giro radical en sus vidas y esperando un reencuentro que los redima... en el mundo de 1984, o en el de 1Q84, ese fantasmagórico universo con dos lunas.Haruki Murakami (Kioto, 1949) estudió literatura en laUniversidad de Waseda y regentó durante varios aNos un club de jazz. Es, en la actualidad, el autor japonés más prestigioso y reconocido en todo el mundo, merecedor de premios como el Noma, el Tanizaki, el Yomiuri, el Franz Kafka o el Jerusalem Prize. EnEspaNa, ha recibido el Premio Arcebispo Juan de San Clemente, concedido por estudiantes gallegos, así como la Orden de las Artes y las Letras del Gobierno espaNol y el Premi Internacional Catalunya 2011. Tusquets Editores ha publicado ocho novelas deeste autor, así como su libro de relatos Sauce ciego, mujer dormida (II Premio Frank O'Connor) y la personalísima obra De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr. Escrita inmediatamente después de Tokio blues. Norwegian Wood, la novela Baila, baila, bailaalterna la intriga, el sexo y el rock and roll con los densos y poéticos silencios del mejor Murakami.

Seventeenth-century Amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealth it has generated. Sophia's husband Cornelis, an ageing merchant, is among those grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talentedyoung artist to paint him with his young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter

The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazzband all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri, Mari's beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return before dawn. Shortlyafterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel

Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for. Whether in a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life,Murakami's characters confront loss, or sexuality or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distance between those who ought to be closest of all. Following the success of Kafka on the Shore comes a collection that gives full rein to Murakami'sinventive mastery. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of the human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising and relentlessly entertaining.

What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past? In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each withtheir own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell Banks, Ethan Canin, Raymond Carver, David Foster Wallace, Denis Johnson, Claire Keegan, Andrea Lee, Daniel Lyons, Lewis Robinson, Lynda Sexson,Paul Theroux, William Trevor and Haruki Murakami, this anthology captures a range of emotions evoked by advancing age and the passing of time, from events fondly recalled to the impact of appalling tragedy. Previously published in a Japanese translationby Haruki Murakami, this English edition contains a specially written introduction.

A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel,Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy andfarce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narratorcaught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and out comes Dance Dance Dance. It is an assault on the sense, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation

Murakami regénye, a What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Miről is beszélek, amikor a futásról beszélek) a legönéletrajzibb könyve, az egész könyv egy hatalmas monológ, amelyben a szerző életét a sporton átszűrve mutatja be.33 évesen kezdett el futni, hogy fogyjon, miután abbahagyta a dohányzást. Egy éven belül lefutotta az első maratonját, sőt teljesítette az eredeti maratoni távot, Athén és Marathon között, csakhogy ellenkező irányban, mert nem akart Athénba érkezni alegnagyobb dugóban. Legjobb idejét 1991-ben futotta: 3 óra 27 perc alatt teljesítette a maratoni távot. 1995-ben lefutotta a 100 kilométeres ultramaratont is, 11 óra alatt, bár félúton majdnem összeesett. A táv második felét vallásos élményként írja le,de megfogadta, soha többet nem próbálja újra. Meggyőződése, hogy egy szerencsés író életében talán 12 könyvet írhat. Nem tudom, nekem mennyi van még hátra, remélem még négy-öt lesz. Amikor futok, sosem érzek ilyen határokat. Négyévente kiadok egy vastagregényt, de egy tíz kilométeres futóversenyen, egy félmaratonon és egy maratonon minden évben részt veszek. Murakami reggel négykor kel, négy órát ír, majd fut tíz kilométert. A sírjára azt szeretné, hogy írják: legalább sosem gyalogolt.

Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburbanrealities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession ofcharacters, each with a tale to tell.

This is a mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of NorwegianWood and 1Q84. Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono,'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki's friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again. Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, unable to form intimateconnections with anyone. But then he meets Sara, who tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago.

Tazaki Cukuru harminchat éves. Zárkózott, magányos férfi, pedig nincs egyedül. Szala, a barátnője úgy érzi, Tazaki megrekedt valahol a felnőtté válás küszöbén, és ez kapcsolatukat is visszaveti. A Tokióban élő férfi majdnem két évtizede elköltözöttszülővárosából, ahol középiskolás éveit szinte egymáshoz nőve töltötte négy barátjával, két fiúval és két lánnyal. Bár az öt fiatal elválaszthatatlanul összetartozott, Tazaki közülük is kilógott: két fiú és két lány nevében szerepelt egy színt jelölőírásjegy, egyedül Cukuru volt színtelen. Aztán az öröknek hitt barátságnak egyszer csak vége szakadt, de a férfi azóta is egyhangúnak tartja magát, mint akinek nincs egyénisége. Szala rábeszélésére Tazaki hazautazik szülőföldjére, hogy megtudja, miértfordítottak neki hátat egykori társai. Miközben tizennyolc éve bezárult ajtókat tár fel, egyre biztosabb abban, hogy Szalával való kapcsolatának is csak akkor lesz jövője, ha megfejti a titkotMurakami Haruki most is az emberi lélek mélyére száll. Ahogy a Norvég erdő című, kultikussá vált regényében, most is a felnőtté válás veszteségeinek, a nagyvárosi ember elmagányosodásának, elvágyódásának és elbizonytalanodásának okait kutatja.

Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhoodaffliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people

Mari ha perdido el último tren de vuelta a casa y piensa pasar la noche leyendo en el restaurante mientras su hermana Eri duerme. De pronto, Kaoru, la encargada de un hotel por horas, solicita su ayuda. Mari habla chino y una prostituta de esanacionalidad ha sido brutalmente agredida por un cliente. En la habitación donde Eri sigue sumida en una dulce inconsciencia, el televisor cobra vida y poco a poco empieza a distinguirse en la pantalla una imagen turbadora: una amplia sala amueblada conuna única silla en la que está sentado un hombre vestido de negro. Lo más inquietante es que el televisor no está enchufado... Murakami da una nueva vuelta de tuerca a su ya bien conocido universo desde una distancia variable, como una cámara versátil,su mirada recorre escenarios habitados por personajes solitarios, reproduce encuentros accidentales que más parecen desencuentros y capta una amenazadora pero difusa sensación de peligro que todo lo impregna, como la omnipresente música de fondo.

How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration /Independent on Sunday/Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: he's unique /Independent/Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long time /Guardian/

Haruki Murakami (Kioto, 1949) estudió literatura en la Universidad de Waseda y regentó durante varios anos un club de jazz. Es, en la actualidad, el autor japonés más prestigioso y reconocido en todo el mundo, merecedor de premios como el Noma, elTanizaki, el Yomiuri, el Franz Kafka o el Jerusalem Prize. En Espana, ha recibido el Premio Arcebispo Juan de San Clemente, concedido por estudiantes gallegos, así como la Orden de las Artes y las Letras del Gobierno espanol y el Premi InternacionalCatalunya 2011. Tusquets Editores ha publicado ocho novelas de este autor, así como su libro de relatos Sauce ciego, mujer dormida (II Premio Frank O'Connor) y la personalísima obra De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr. Escrita inmediatamente después deTokio blues. Norwegian Wood, la novela Baila, baila, baila alterna la intriga, el sexo y el rock and roll con los densos y poéticos silencios del mejor Murakami.

Als Tengo seinen komatösen Vater im Krankenhaus besuchen will, findet er in dessen Krankenbett eine Puppe aus Luft vor, die ein Abbild Aomames als junges Mädchen in sich birgt. Er greift nach ihrer Hand, und eine unsichtbare Verbindung entsteht. Fortanwartet Tengo darauf, der Puppe nochmals zu begegnen, doch vergebens. War das Signal nicht stark genug, um die zwischen Leben und Tod schwankende Aomame zu retten?

A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami's international reputation.It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realise is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutantsheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes our herofrom the urban haunts of Tokyo to the remote and snowy mountains of northern Japan, where he confronts not only the mythological sheep, but the confines of tradition and the demons deep within himself. Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chaseis Murakami at his astounding best.'A Wild Sheep Chase has the conventional hull of a thriller - a quest, a mystery, an extraordinary woman, and plenty of elegant duress - but its fantastic superstructure transforms it into something quite different...a science fiction fantasy, a romance,a metaphysical tease, or a dramatisation of philosophical ideas' Independent

Murakami legújabb regényében egy művész kapcsolatba kerül egy idegen párhuzamos világgal, amelyből maga a Commendatore is származik, Hamrosan a művésznek be kell szállnia egy olyan kutatásba, amely egészen egy, a múltjában történt tragédiájáig vezetivissza. Murakami ebben a regényében arra keresi a választ, hogy a saját múltunkkal történő szembenézés elhozza a nyugalmat, vagy csak még nagyobb fájdalmat okozThe epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84.In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opensa circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-oldgirl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist's home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art - as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby - Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.

Könnyednek tűnő, rafinált történetében Murakami megidézi az 1960-as évek diáklázadásainak hangulatát, a szabad szerelem, a nagy ivászatok, az élvezetek kamaszos, provokatív hajszolásának popzenés világát. Ám a felszín alatt leheletfinom érzékenységgel íréletről, halálról, és a felnőtté válás mélypontjai és magaslatai közt hányódó fiatalság sebezhetőségéről. A könyvet a Zabhegyező japán változatának tartják

When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset. A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's. A woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her frontgarden. An insomniac wife wakes up in a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death. In every one of these stories Murakami makes a determined assault on the normal.

The Strange Library will be published in hardback with specially designed text and illustrations on 2nd December 2014.'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a bookon the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to a special 'reading room' in a maze under the library by a strange old man, he finds himself imprisoned with only a sheep man, who makes excellent doughnuts, and a girl, who can talk with her hands, forcompany. His mother will be worrying why he hasn't returned in time for dinner and the old man seems to have an appetite for eating small boys' brains. How will he escape?

A Férfiak nő nélkül című kötet történetei megidézik Ernest Hemingway-t, de, nem a nők utáni hajszolt vágyról szólnak, mint az amerikai klasszikus hasonló című korai elbeszélés-válogatása. Murakami novellahősei olyan férfiak, akiket elhagyott (vagy éppelhagyni készül) egy nő, érthetetlenséget, magányt, ürességet hagyva maga után. A szerző ezeknek a férfiaknak az érzéseit írja körül a maga jellegzetesen visszafogott, talányos stílusában. Aki szereti Murakamit és a novellákat, nem fog csalódni a hétvirtuóz történetben, amelyek most is váratlan fordulatokat tartogatnak, miközben semmi sem hiányzik belőlük a már ismert motívumvilágból. Férfi szemszögből megírt sorsok és életek rajzolódnak ki Beatles-számok dallamára (Vezess helyettem, Tegnap), máskoraz Ezeregy éjszaka meséinek (Seherezádé) vagy Kafka átváltozás-történetének (Samsa szerelmes) elemeiből merítve, hogy végül levonhassuk a következtetést: a nő nélküli férfiak számára a világ mardosó egyveleg, egy az egyben a hold túloldala.Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in theirown ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic

It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans - Ben, Addie and their two children - are moving their lives from the political heart of Washington DC to suburban Long Island. With their future uncertain, life on the island starts tocause problems for Ben and Addie. Both begin to wonder if they were meant for more, whether their lives might look different than they planned, and whether their marriage - their family - is worth fighting for. A Long Island Story is a portrait of acouple in crisis, of a unique and fascinating period in US history and of a seemingly perfect family fighting their demons behind closed doors.

A Call Me By Your Name folytatásaIn this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, the author of Call Me by Your Name lets us back into his characters' lives years after their first meetingIn Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever.Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic.Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion. Find Me brings us back inside the world of one of our greatest contemporary romances to show us that in fact true love never dies.

The surprise smash hit of 2018 now in paperback - Japan's answer to Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineMeet Keiko.Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working inthe same supermarket for eighteen years.Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married.But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store...*Convenience Store Woman comes in three different colours: the colour you receive will be chosen at random*

When Ray turns up to visit his old university friends Charlie and Emily, he's given a special task: to be so much his useless self that he makes Charlie look good by comparison.But Ray has his own buried feelings to contend with. Decades earlier, he and Emily would listen to jazz when they were alone, and now, as Sarah Vaughan sings through the speakers, he struggles to control everything the sound brings with it.In Kazuo Ishiguro's hands, a snapshot of domestic realism becomes a miniature masterpiece of memory and forgetting.

From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet maker in a small Italian fishing village, to a passionate yet sporadic affair with a woman in New York, to an obsession with a man he meets at a tennis court, Enigma Variations charts one man's path through thegreat loves of his life. Paul's intense desires, losses and longings draw him closer, not to a defined orientation, but to an understanding that 'heartache, like love, like low-grade fevers, like the longing to reach out and touch a hand across thetable, is easy enough to live down'.André Aciman casts a shimmering light over each facet of desire, to probe how we ache, want and waver, and ultimately how we sometimes falter and let go of the very ones we want the most. We may not know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselvesand to others. But sooner or later we discover who we've always known we were