Book description
Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that
everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was
Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons
listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved
away, the two lost touch.
Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has
found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success
running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful,
intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past,
putting at risk all he has in the present.
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.
