Book description
His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an
ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl
whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a
thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an
ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit,
implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may or may not be running the
world, and the upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's
finest novelist. Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now
lives near Tokyo. He is the author of many novels as well as short
stories and non-fiction. His works include
Norwegian Wood,
The Wi
nd-U
p Bird Chronicle
, Kafka on the Shore
, After Dark
and What I Talk About When I Talk About Runnin
g. His work has been translated into more than forty languages, and the
most recent of his many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize,
whose previous recipients include J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V.
S. Naipaul.
