'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake.
Haruki Murakami je jedným z najznámejších súčasných japonských autorov, jeho knihy vychádzajú na celom svete. Je nositeľom viacerých významných literárnych cien a jedným z dlhodobých čakateľov na Nobelovu cenu za literatúru.
Udalosti v Tóruho živote naberú rýchly spád. Mei Kasaharová mu napíše list z neznámeho miesta, v ktorom ho dôrazne upozorňuje na článok v istom bulvárnom denníku, kde sa píše o tajomnom majiteľovi domu na opustenej parcele poznačenej ľudským nešťastím.
The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Something extraordinary is starting.
Druhý diel trilógie Kronika vtáčika na kľúčik zachytáva udalosti obdobia štyroch mesiacov po zmiznutí Tóruho manželky Kumiko. Tá sa jedného rána ako obyčajne vydá do práce a nevráti sa domov. Podľa všetkého opustila manžela kvôli inému mužovi, Tóru si však takýto koniec ich na pohľad harmonického vzťahu nedokáže vysvetliť.
Prvý diel trilógie v súčasnosti najčítanejšieho japonského autora, ktorá bola v roku 1996 vyznamenaná prestížnou Cenou denníka Jomiuri za najlepší román roka. Hrdina románu Tóru Okada rozpráva udalosti, ktoré ho postihujú od chvíle, ako po šiestich rokoch práce v advokátskej kancelárii podal výpoveď, aby získal čas nájsť si svoje životné poslanie.
Kdo zná Norské dřevo, bude potěšen, kdo jej nezná, bude překvapen a neodolá. O románu se dá hovořit jako o kronice neopětované touhy stejně jako o melancholické love story. Dílo má opět tři hlavní postavy: 24letý učitel z Tokia označovaný jako K.
A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite crab while on holiday; a man follows
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn.
A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami's international reputation. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement.
Haruki Murakami's first two novels, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author. 'If you're the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That's who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels.
Toru Watanabe is looking back on the love and passions of his life and trying to make sense of it all. As his first love Naoko sinks deeper into mental despair, he is inexorably pushed to find a new meaning and a new love in order to survive.
A dazzling Sunday Times bestselling collection of short stories from the beloved internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami.
The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world.
A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first per
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit.
What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past?
Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. There is a savage kill
Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki's friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again. Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, unable to form intimate connections wit
