A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's classic mystery story about love,the cosmos and other fictional universes,now with a new introduction by the author
Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.
Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire,and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.
Then,a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781529913569Number of pages: 256Weight: 364 gDimensions: 222 x 144 x 26 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long timbe'- Guardian
'How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions I am weak-kneed with admiration'- Independent on Sunday
'A beautiful novel,as light as a feather,and yet enduringly sad... a captivating book from one of the world's most interesting authors'- Sunday Herald
'Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: he's unique'- Independent
'Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world'- Time Out
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.
Visit the Haruki Murakami author pageHaruki 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.
Visit the Haruki Murakami author page
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