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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel

24 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Short Stories, Translation

Another confession: While recently listening to Rupert Degas narrate parts of Hari Kunzru's Gods without Men, I got such a nostalgic pang to hear Degas read Haruki Murakami (after experiencing A Wild Sheep Chase, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and select stories from The Elephant Vanishes thus far in Degas'...

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin

18 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

In less than a week, you can be holding 1Q84, Haruki Murakami's long-awaited spectacular title finally available in English, which hits shelves on October 25. You might choose to hold out until November 8 when the audible version is scheduled for release. All 944 pages (on paper...

The Elephant Vanishes: Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin

10 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Short Stories, Translation

No one has such an unpredictable, quirky, downright wacky imagination as Haruki Murakami. And even though your brain knows he's created an impossible universe, everything on the page seems so convincing, you'll go along for the ride – any ride with Murakami at the helm. Even almost...

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel [in Library Journal]

15 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

*STARRED REVIEW At the core of 1Q84 is a spectacular love story about a girl and boy who briefly held hands when they were both 10. That said, with the fiercely imaginative Murakami as author, the story’s exposition is gloriously labyrinthine: Welcome “into this enigma-filled world...

After Dark by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

after-dark The latest from one of Japan’s leading novelists is another signature piece in which the unexpected should be anticipated. It’s just before midnight and teenaged Mari reads a thick, unnamed book in a well-lit Denny’s in...

After the Quake: Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

After the Quake A collection of haunting, surreal, signature-Murakami stories that have at their core a tenuous, frightening connection to the devastating 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan. Review: "New and Notable APA Books," <a...

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin

The Elephant Vanishes: Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel [in Library Journal]

After Dark by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin [in Bloomsbury Review]

After the Quake: Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin [in AsianWeek]

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