"We are young, newly married, and the sun is free."
★The second collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami, including the reverie of meeting the "100% girl", the terrifying story of being on duty in the middle of the night, the troubles of the poor moving... Thrilling, funny, and profound, different stories overlap with the fantasy world!
★Murakami used his unique Japanese tenderness to describe an incredible love at first sight, and also gave the "perfect heartbeat" a concrete shape;
★Includes the "series-like stories" customized by Murakami for his wife - all the prototypes of characters in "Kafka on the Shore", "The Birds" and "At World's End and Grim Wonderland";
★Contains the Japanese version of the short story "Kangaroo Holiday" with the same title, and Murakami pays homage to Salinger's masterpiece "A Good Day for Bananafish Fishing";
★Enter Murakami's whimsical world through 19 interesting and evocative short stories, and complete an intriguing jigsaw puzzle;
★A number of short stories have been selected into Japanese high school Chinese textbooks, a classic that brings together Murakami's unlimited imagination and impresses the Japanese people!
Murakami's second short story collection, the Japanese version is titled "Kangaroo Days". It includes a total of 19 short works, namely Kangaroo Day, One Sunny Morning in April, Meeting the 100% Girl, Sleepy, The Vampire in the Taxi, Her Town, Her Sheep, Sea Donkey Festival, Mirror, The Girl from Ipanema 1963/1982, Do You Like Burt Bacharach?, The Coastline in May, The End of the Kingdom, Thirty-two Years Old Day Tripper, The Rise and Fall of the Pointe, My Poverty in the Shape of a Cheesecake, The Year of Spaghetti, South Bay Trip - for the Doobie Brothers' South Bay Trip, Background Music, Library Tales.
Some of the works describe the reverie after meeting the "100% girl", some write scary stories about being on duty in the middle of the night, and some describe the troubles of poor people moving. The overall style is interesting and worth recalling.
Reader comments
Just like what he wrote about meeting the "100% girl", it reminded me of a friend of mine who also fell in love with a girl at first sight. Although the stories in the book are short, they are all intriguing and kept me thinking while reading. I think this book is very suitable to read in your spare time, to relax and gain some insights at the same time.
Short, concise and interesting.
Every short story makes me confused when I read it, [laughing and crying]
Short, but interesting
It's quite beautiful, you should savor it carefully.
On a sunny morning in April, I met a perfect girl~
Just like what he wrote about meeting the "100% girl", it reminded me of a friend of mine who also fell in love with a girl at first sight. Although the stories in the book are short, they are all intriguing and kept me thinking while reading. I think this book is very suitable to read in your spare time, to relax and gain some insights at the same time.
Short, concise and interesting.
Every short story makes me confused when I read it, [laughing and crying]
Short, but interesting
It's quite beautiful, you should savor it carefully.
On a sunny morning in April, I met a perfect girl~