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Murakami, Haruki

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K, a primary school teacher, is in love with Sumire. But Sumire is in love with an older woman – Miu. Frustrated, K has an affair with the mother of one of his pupils. Then Miu asks him to meet her as something very strange has happened to Sumire.

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Publish Date: 03/08/2023

Description

A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami’s classic mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes, now with a new introduction by the author

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished…

‘Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft… Out of this world’ Time Out

Additional information

Weight 364 g
Dimensions 222 × 144 × 26 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

240

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

895.635 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K