Contains:
Hear the Wind Sing (1979) The
story takes place in 1970, and is narrated by a 21-year-old unnamed man.
The story covers the craft of writing, the Japanese student movement,
and relationships and loss. The narrator's close friend 'the Rat',
around whom the trilogy of the Rat evolves, is a student and bar patron
who expresses a general alienation towards society.
Pinball, 1973 (1980) The second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series. The plot centers on the narrator's brief but intense obsession with pinball, his life as a freelance translator, and his later efforts to reunite with the old pinball machine that he used to play.
A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) This mock-detective tale follows an unnamed Japanese man through Tokyo and HokkaidÅ in 1978. The passive, chain-smoking main character gets swept away on an adventure that leads him on a hunt for a sheep that has not been seen for years.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985) The story is split between parallel narratives. A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two bizarre narratives — the "Hard-Boiled Wonderland" and "The End of the World" parts.
Norwegian Wood (1987) A nostalgic story of loss and sexuality. The story's protagonist and narrator is Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a college student living in Tokyo. Through Toru's reminiscences we see him develop relationships with two very different women.
Dance Dance Dance (1988) A sequel to Murakami's novel A Wild Sheep Chase. The novel follows the surreal misadventures of an unnamed protagonist who makes a living as a commercial writer.
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992) The novel tells the story of Hajime, starting from his childhood in a small town in Japan. Here he meets a girl, Shimamoto, who is also an only child and suffers from polio.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995) A low-key unemployed man, Toru Okada, whose cat runs away. A chain of events follow that prove that his seemingly mundane life is much more complicated than it appears.
Sputnik Sweetheart (1999) three main characters: Sumire, an aspiring writer. Miu, a Korean woman. And K. who suddenly starts getting Sumire's letters from Europe.
Kafka on the Shore (2002) The odd chapters tell the 15-year-old Kafka's story as he runs away from his father's house to escape an Oedipal curse and to embark upon a quest to find his mother and sister.
After Dark (2004) A novel set in metropolitan Tokyo over the course of one night. Main characters include Mari, a 19-year-old student, and Takahashi, a trombone-playing student.
1Q84 (2009) The year is 1984, a young woman follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence.
Pinball, 1973 (1980) The second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series. The plot centers on the narrator's brief but intense obsession with pinball, his life as a freelance translator, and his later efforts to reunite with the old pinball machine that he used to play.
A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) This mock-detective tale follows an unnamed Japanese man through Tokyo and HokkaidÅ in 1978. The passive, chain-smoking main character gets swept away on an adventure that leads him on a hunt for a sheep that has not been seen for years.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985) The story is split between parallel narratives. A strange and dreamlike novel, its chapters alternate between two bizarre narratives — the "Hard-Boiled Wonderland" and "The End of the World" parts.
Norwegian Wood (1987) A nostalgic story of loss and sexuality. The story's protagonist and narrator is Toru Watanabe, who looks back on his days as a college student living in Tokyo. Through Toru's reminiscences we see him develop relationships with two very different women.
Dance Dance Dance (1988) A sequel to Murakami's novel A Wild Sheep Chase. The novel follows the surreal misadventures of an unnamed protagonist who makes a living as a commercial writer.
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992) The novel tells the story of Hajime, starting from his childhood in a small town in Japan. Here he meets a girl, Shimamoto, who is also an only child and suffers from polio.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995) A low-key unemployed man, Toru Okada, whose cat runs away. A chain of events follow that prove that his seemingly mundane life is much more complicated than it appears.
Sputnik Sweetheart (1999) three main characters: Sumire, an aspiring writer. Miu, a Korean woman. And K. who suddenly starts getting Sumire's letters from Europe.
Kafka on the Shore (2002) The odd chapters tell the 15-year-old Kafka's story as he runs away from his father's house to escape an Oedipal curse and to embark upon a quest to find his mother and sister.
After Dark (2004) A novel set in metropolitan Tokyo over the course of one night. Main characters include Mari, a 19-year-old student, and Takahashi, a trombone-playing student.
1Q84 (2009) The year is 1984, a young woman follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence.
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