Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories (Vintage International) - Softcover

Murakami, Haruki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1400096081 ISBN 13: 9781400096084

Publisher: Vintage, 1900

Synopsis

The twenty-four stories that make up Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman generously express the incomparable Haruki Murakami's mastery of the form.

Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit Murakami's ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and entertaining.

About this title

Review:

"A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted. . . . His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Whimsical, magical, daring or sometimes played with the mute in the bell of the trumpet. . . . The best of these linger far beyond the reading of them." --Chicago Tribune

"Murakami's writing perfectly captures the way surreal, even seemingly supernatural, encounters can subtly alter the terrain of everyday life." --Washington Post Book World

"This collection shows Murakami at his dynamic, organic best. . . . In Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Murakami demonstrates brilliantly the perils of trying to squeeze life into prefabricated compartments." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

From the Publisher:

An eclectic, eccentiric and altogether brain-bending new collection of short stories from the cult Japanese author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1900
• ISBN 10: 1400096081
• ISBN 13: 9781400096084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384