I find writing novels a challenge,writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest,then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.
Across seven tales,Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who,in their own 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 humour that has defined his entire body of work,in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.
'Devotees will find plenty of signature Murakami here.'- The Guardian
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784705374Number of pages: 240Weight: 173 gDimensions: 197 x 128 x 15 mm
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'Supremely enjoyable,philosophical and pitch-perfect new collection of short stories...Murakami has a marvellous understanding of youth and age - and the failings of each'- Observer
'Murakami writes of complex things with his usual beguiling simplicity...Strangely invigorating to read...It is Murakami at his whimsical,romantic best'- Financial Times
'Calculatedly provocative. . .,the stories offer sweet-sour meditations on human solitude and a yearning to connect...Murakami,always inventive,is one of the finest popular writers at work today'- Evening Standard
'Written with all the cats,spaghetti,humor,and gentle surrealism we might expect...Men Without Women is a funny,lovely,unmistakably Murakami collection of seven stories about the lives of people trying to find their place in the world and reckoning with their pasts'- Buzzfeed
'A disconcertingly funny portrait of modern loneliness'-Vogue
Haruki Murakami
Japan's best-known novelist abroad and the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction,includingThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,Kafka on the Shore,After Dark,1Q84,What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningandColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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