A collection of twelve birthday stories from some of the most distinguished authors of recent years. Selected and introduced by Haruki Murakani, author of "Norwegian Wood". von Murakami, Haruki

In 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers¿ award and...

In "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" von Haruki Murakami werden zwei parallel verlaufende Erzählstränge präsentiert, die sich in einer surrealen und komplexen Geschichte vermischen. Die erste Handlung spielt in einem...

In 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers¿ award and...

In 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers¿ award and...

In 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers¿ award and...

"After Dark" von Haruki Murakami ist eine surreale und faszinierende Erzählung, die sich in den späten Stunden der Nacht in Tokio abspielt. Die Geschichte folgt zwei Schwestern, Mari und Eri Asai. Während Eri seit zwei Monaten in einem...

"Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers . . . But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this...

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"After Dark" is a short, sleek novel that features various encounters set in the witching hours of Tokyo between midnight and dawn, and is every bit as gripping as Murakami's masterworks "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "Kafka on the...

"Norwegian Wood" von Haruki Murakami ist ein nostalgischer Roman, der sich mit Themen wie Liebe, Verlust und Erwachsenwerden auseinandersetzt. Die Geschichte spielt in den späten 1960er Jahren in Japan und wird aus der Perspektive von...

1984. Aomame hat zwei verschieden große Ohren. Beim Rendezvous mit einem reichen Ölhändler zückt sie eine Nadel und ersticht ihn - ein Auftragsmord, um altes Unrecht zu sühnen. Tengo ist Hobby-Schriftsteller. Er soll einen Roman der...