Combining the seductions of Norwegian Wood with the complex mysteries of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, here is Murakami at his most intriguing, mystifying, and satisfying.
Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing..
When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party--and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions.
At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn.
K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments.
Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.
But her devotion to an untidy writerly life precludes any personal commitments.
In an urbane Japan of jazz bars, Jack Kerouac, and the Beatles, a college student, falls in love with Summire.
Combining the seductions of Norwegian Wood with the complex mysteries of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, here is Murakami at his most intriguing, mystifying, and satisfying