Haruki Murakami's short story collection, including 7 short stories, "The Ghost of Lexington", "The Green Beast", "Silence", "The Ice Man", "Tony Falls", "The Seventh Man", "The Blind Willow, and the Sleeping Girl". This collection of short stories takes loneliness and fear as its themes and is a story about men who "love loneliness".
Among them, "Tony Falls" is sentimental and beautiful. It is called "one of Haruki Murakami's truly great short stories" and has been remade into a movie of the same name. "Blind Willow and the Sleeping Lady" focuses on the possibility of freedom for lonely souls in the city, and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
[Recommended by famous experts]
There is no other short story like him.
—— Yutaka Yukawa (Editor-in-Chief of "Literary World")
"The Ghost of Lexington" is the story of men who "love solitude."
—— Saburo Kawamoto (critic)
Sentimental and beautiful, "Tony Falls" is one of Haruki Murakami's truly great short stories.
——Jay Rubin
Reader comments
The stories in this book are so special. Although the themes are loneliness and fear, each story is very deep. Just like "Tony Falls", it is sentimental and beautiful, and it reminds me of the lonely people around me, who may also be silently suffering the pressure of life. Haruki Murakami's writing is always so delicate and makes people feel the same way. I think this is not only the story of men who "love loneliness", but also an inner monologue that each of us may experience. All in all, this is a book worth reading again and again.
Feeling immersed in the scene, the indescribable feeling can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words
Reading between the lines, it seems that I have returned to a similar scene...
Haruki Murakami's writing feels more suitable for reading in leisure time.
As expected of my favorite author.
Bumpy, bumpy, bumpy, bumpy
The wonder of that world is beyond what ordinary people like us can experience.
The lonely heart-to-heart connection is silent, no words are allowed, and it is out of sight.
Several storytellers made me feel as if I was right next to the protagonist.
The stories in this book are so special. Although the themes are loneliness and fear, each story is very deep. Just like "Tony Falls", it is sentimental and beautiful, and it reminds me of the lonely people around me, who may also be silently suffering the pressure of life. Haruki Murakami's writing is always so delicate and makes people feel the same way. I think this is not only the story of men who "love loneliness", but also an inner monologue that each of us may experience. All in all, this is a book worth reading again and again.
Feeling immersed in the scene, the indescribable feeling can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words Reading between the lines, it seems that I have returned to a similar scene...
Haruki Murakami's writing feels more suitable for reading in leisure time.
As expected of my favorite author.
Bumpy, bumpy, bumpy, bumpy
The wonder of that world is beyond what ordinary people like us can experience.
The lonely heart-to-heart connection is silent, no words are allowed, and it is out of sight.
Several storytellers made me feel as if I was right next to the protagonist.
Beautiful language and fascinating story