South of the Border, West of the Sun

Haruki Murakami

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Japanese

Vintage
01 April 2003

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

'Casablanca remade Japanese-style'- a moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chances

A moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chances

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.

'Casablanca remade Japanese style...

It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem' The Times

By: Haruki Murakami
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9780099448570
ISBN 10: 0099448572
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 April 2003
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo.

Reviews for South of the Border, West of the Sun

A story of love in a cool climate, intensely romantic and weepily beautiful...it is startlingly different: a true original Guardian Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem The Times This wise and beautiful book is full of hidden truths New York Times This book aches...an eloquent treatise on the vertiginous, irrational powers of love and desire Independent on Sunday Impressively written and structured... Above all, the novel is memorable for its unflinchingly extreme treatment of romantic love Times Literary Supplement