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Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949. Following the publication of his first novel in Japanese in 1979, he sold the jazz bar he ran with his wife and became a full-time writer. It was with the publication of Norwegian Wood -- which has to date sold more than 4 million copies in Japan alone -- that the author was truly catapulted into the limelight. Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, music and quirky first-person narratives, he is now Japan's best-known novelist abroad. Eight novels, two short story collections and one work of non-fiction are currently available in English translation. Stories translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel
Sharp but humane observation...as unforgettable as it is untypical * New Statesman * These stories are rich in Murakami magic... a collection that all readers will enjoy * Independent * Literature's answer to David Lynch * Times Literary Supplement * An intimate pleasure * The Times * More insights into life, death, memories, love and kangaroos that one has a right to expect in any single volume * Daily Express *
