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Haruki Murakami's first true music essay, an in-depth understanding of Murakami's musical world. Even if the moon disappears, even if you are abandoned by your lover, even if you are laughed at by a puppy, you can have nothing but music. Without the warmth of memory, our lives on the third planet in the solar system would inevitably become an unbearably cold thing. Because of this, we fall in love and sometimes listen to music like we are in love. Follow senior music critic Haruki Murakami to experience the possibility of synaesthesia between words and music art. This is Haruki Murakami's first purely musical essay. Murakami carefully selected 11 famous songs from all classic music scenes and wrote the article, which is full of emotions about music and provides an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of Murakami's music world. From Schubert to Stan Gates, from Bruce Springsteen to Goo Suga, these ten essays reveal the good music in Murakami's heart.

Haruki Murakami's short story collection consists of 7 short stories. To men without women, the world is a vast and aching mixture, as silent as the opposite side of the moon. "DrivemyCar": The stage actor Iafuku clearly knows that his wife, who is also an actor, and the actor in the same play have regular trysts, but he pretends not to know and plays the role of a loving couple in front of the world. "Yesterday": Muzun and I are in the same grade. We met while working part-time and started a wonderful "cultural exchange". "Independent Organs": My friend Du Hui, a plastic surgeon, believes in celibacy. When he lost his life, he was still asking himself what he was. "Arabian Nights": Hahara was imprisoned on an isolated island far away from the mainland. After falling in love with a female liaison officer, every time he had a relationship, the female liaison officer, like the princess in One Thousand and One Nights, would tell him a meaningful, enchanting story.

The gentle Murakami made sharp criticism for the first time! Do you think you can see everything about the Olympics just by watching TV? "Sports are cruel things. To fight against this cruel sport, we can only treat sports cruelly. If you get beaten, fight back immediately!" Because of his passion for running marathons, in 2000, Haruki Murakami was invited by "Number" magazine to go to Sydney to cover the Olympic Games. Taking the Sydney Olympics as the starting point, this book candidly expresses Murakami's reflections on the Olympics and competitive sports, and humorously writes about Australian humanities and interesting observations about koalas and wombats.

"This artificial satellite, which means 'travel companion', uses people's loneliness as nourishment to maintain its operation." "Sputnik Lovers" is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, which explores the nature of human loneliness. "I" like the girl Sumire who is addicted to writing, but Sumire is in love with her fellow musician, Min, who is 17 years older, and becomes Min's traveling companion in Europe with a heart of love. But after her confession to Min was rejected, Sumire mysteriously disappeared on a Greek island. Because she discovered that the "lover" turned out to be just a body, and the soul had already disappeared in a thrilling night. Girls who are desperate for heterosexual love also cannot pursue same-sex love. In the end, only the young man who had been searching for her in vain was left to mutter the question: "Why do people have to be so lonely?" The young man who had unrequited love for Sumire also muttered to himself, "Isn't it possible that this planet relies on people's loneliness as nourishment to maintain its operation?"

Toru Okada, who resigned from his job at a law firm, lives a peaceful life with his wife Kumiko, a magazine editor. Kumiko suddenly disappeared under the coercion of her brother, Noboru Wataya, a representative of the dark forces who is also a member of the House of Representatives. Afterwards, many strange people appeared around Okada: witches, "conscious prostitutes", girls who accidentally killed their boyfriend in a car accident, veterans, etc. At the same time, many strange things happened. Okada went down to a deep well to meditate and then came out. With the help of a pair of weird mother and son "Nutmeg" and "Cinnamon", he challenged Noboru Wataya, injured him in fantasy, and Kumiko killed him in reality.

"Underground 2" is Haruki Murakami's second documentary work after "Underground". Most of the space is the shady story of the cult dictated by former cult members. It is as detailed, realistic and shocking as "Underground". In search of healing, why did they create "Subway Sarin", an indiscriminate killing without redemption? Why do they find it difficult to live a normal life in this world? Where is the dream country they pursue? Thorough interviews with Aum believers and unguarded conversations with Mr. Hayao Kawai reveal the dark side of the heart enveloped by modern society. This book is the sequel to "Underground", also based on interviews compiled from audio recordings. After interviewing the victims of the Tokyo Sarin gas incident, the author conducted interviews with many former Aum Shinrikyo believers in 1997 to understand the internal situation of the cult organization and the spiritual world of the believers, and put forward suggestions for healing.

"If Our Language Is Whiskey" is a travel diary of Haruki Murakami and his wife Yoko Murakami's visit to the Isle of Islay in Scotland and Ireland. It is accompanied by 40 color landscape photos taken by Yoko, allowing you to see Haruki Murakami playing boules in Scotland. Because the places described in the travel notes were all visited by the two of them together. These photos add a vivid and wonderful color to Haruki Murakami's words. The pairing of this couple is truly a perfect match. In addition to describing the scenery, the content focuses on the raw materials, production, tasting and drinking habits of the local specialty single malt whiskey. Haruki Murakami uses his words to take us on an exotic journey with his unique vision. The exotic customs and customs, and the fragrant whiskey from afar slowly flow out from his writing and flow into the readers' hearts, refreshing them.

This book is one of Haruki Murakami's essay series, with a total of 16 essays. It is an essay written by the author during his lectures in the United States from 1991 to 1992. The contents are all based on the author's personal experiences in the United States. The subject matter is rich, covering a wide range of topics, and it also describes the current social and cultural situation of the United States. The narrative includes an analysis of the cultural differences between the United States and Japan through specific events, a variety of interesting anecdotes about the author's life in the United States, and a review of his boyhood, love and marriage, opening a bar to make a living before becoming famous, family life, husband-wife relationships, etc. The style of this book is just like his novels, which are vivid, witty, humorous, and full of in-depth thinking. It is an interesting little book with strong readability.

"No matter how mediocre and boring this world is, it is my world after all." Haruki Murakami's first work as a professional writer. Everyone's youth is an adventure. The final chapter of Murakami's "Youth Trilogy" is about escaping from boredom and entering life, embarking on a sheep-hunting adventure. "I" was entrusted by my friend Mouse to use a scenic photo of a flock of sheep in Hokkaido to spread in an advertisement. The secretary of "Mr.", A right-wing giant in the advertising industry and politics, found "me" and forced "me" to find a sheep with a star pattern on its back in the photo within a month. In order to find that special sheep, the protagonist goes to Hokkaido with his girlfriend who has an earmold with incredibly beautiful ears. At the Dolphin Hotel in Sapporo, I accidentally found a photo similar to the scenery photo of a flock of sheep. The hotel owner's father, Dr. Yang, was once a business bureaucrat of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. He was entered by the sheep during an inspection. The sheep used Dr. Yang to establish a huge kingdom that controlled the entire Japan behind the scenes, and Dr. Yang became a "sheep shell" with a weird personality. Under the guidance of Dr. Sheep, "I" found the mountain ranch in the photo in Twelve Falls Town. There was a villa owned by Mouse's father, and here I met the mysterious Sheep Man. The Rat decided to commit suicide because he did not want to be manipulated by the Sheep. After setting up the explosive device, I went down the mountain, met "Mr."'S secretary, and was driven by "Mr."'S driver to the departing train. As the train started moving, explosions were heard from the mountains and black smoke billowed. After that, I returned to my hometown again, conveyed the rat's last regards to Jay, and then sat alone on the old breakwater and cried bitterly. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

Haruki Murakami is a famous modern Japanese writer. His works are widely known around the world and he has won multiple world-class literary awards. He is also one of the writers who has received the highest call for the Nobel Prize in Literature over the years. "The Collection of Haruki Murakami: Novels, Essays, and Interviews" contains a total of 21 Murakami works, including 11 Murakami novels: "Listen to the Wind," "Sheep Hunting Adventures," "Pinball in 1973," "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland," "Sputnik Lovers," "South of the Border, West of the Sun," "The Journey of Strange Birds," "Norwegian Woods," "Dance!" Dance! Dance! "Kafka on the Shore", "Knight Master"; 7 essays: "The Final Sad Foreign Language", "Murakami Asahido Diary: How to Find the Whirlpool Cat", "Murakami Broadcast", "No Swinging Without Meaning", "Border·Near", "Drums from the Distant", "Rainy Day"; 2 documentary works: "Underground 1", "Underground 2: The Promised Land" and interview collection: "The Owl Takes Off at Dusk".

This book is a collection of short stories published by the author Haruki Murakami in 1990. There are 6 short stories in total, all of which are interesting and highly readable. Among them, "TV People" tells the story of several villains called "TV People" who are like miniature copies of normal people, breaking into private homes and companies. "Folklore of Our Times" tells about a girl who is strangely "sane" in matters of love. She falls in love with her male classmate but refuses to marry him because according to "the general trend of the world", women should "marry someone who is several years older." At the same time, she made an appointment with him for a post-marriage tryst on the grounds that "if you marry as a virgin, you will no longer need to be a virgin after marriage." As a result, when that day came, he could no longer get warm.

"No matter how dark and thick the clouds are, there is still silver on the back." A powerful work about trauma, introspection, confrontation, and rebirth, facing irreversible loss and facing unspeakable evil. "I", who came from a major, originally loved abstract painting, and became a professional portrait painter in order to support my family. On the eve of the sixth wedding anniversary, my wife suddenly confessed that she was having an affair and asked for a divorce, so "I" drove away from home alone. Finally, at the invitation of my friend Masahiko Amada, I stayed in his father Tomohiko Amada's old home and studio in the mountains outside Odawara to adjust my body and mind. When "I" was teaching at Yamashita's drawing board, I became lovers with two wives in the class. Through the careful planning of my mysterious neighbor Menshiki, I also established a close relationship with the girl Marie. The homeowner, Tomohiko Amada, was originally a famous painter. "I" accidentally discovered a masterpiece of Tomohiko Amada's work unknown to the world in the attic, called "Assassination Knight Leader", thus opening up a dusty history. After that, "I" was involved in a series of incredible events... The ringtone in the middle of the night and the entrance to the ancient temple, the mysterious neighbor Wataru Menshiki and the female student Mari Akikawa in the painting class, the "Knight Leader" and the "Man with a Face", the real world and the metaphorical world... Haruki Murakami uses his special writing method of peeling off layers to lead readers step by step into a wonderful world. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

Haruki Murakami's new novel is highly anticipated! Born out of the "Phantom Works" that has never been published separately in 40 years, it took 3 years of hard work to write! At the end of the article, there is a rare postscript by Haruki Murakami himself, describing the origin of the book. Haruki Murakami's breakthrough in his 45-year writing career! When a wall of uncertainty divides the world into two, which side will you choose? When I was seventeen years old, I understood for the first time: most important things in life happen at moments we don't expect. For example, your leaving without saying goodbye. All you left me were the enigmatic words and the love that ended abruptly. You say that you are just a shadow, and the real you is in a small city; outside the city is a living wall, which is indestructible and unpredictable. All I know is that I must reach the small town surrounded by high walls. I want to see you again. Even if what is waiting for me in the city is full of uncertainty.

"People do not achieve immortality by extending time, but achieve immortality by decomposing time." A fresh and strange urban fable, a masterpiece of Murakami's dual-line writing. As long as you have the heart, you will lose nothing wherever you go. The novel consists of forty chapters, narrated in the first person. The structure of the novel adopts the form of two intersecting and parallel lines, consisting of two seemingly completely unrelated storylines. The twenty odd-numbered chapters are "Cold Wonderland" and the even-numbered chapters are "The End of the World". The two stories seem to be unrelated, but in fact the "I" in the two stories are essentially two sides of the same person. The "I" in "Cold Wonderland" is the actual real world, and the "I" in "The End of the World" is the virtual world in the subconscious. "I" is in a state of self-division and is at a loss to deal with all the fluctuations. The tragedy is caused by "I" being unable to change the two worlds and being confused and helpless. Both plots are extremely absurd, and the novel uses a deformed technique to express the author's understanding of contemporary capitalist society. "End of the World" can see the shadow of Kafka's "The Castle", which is relatively gentle and depressing. The "Cold Wonderland" part is full of American hard-boiled detective novels and science fiction, with a twists and turns and tense plot. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

The novel is divided into forty-nine chapters. The odd chapters use a realistic approach to tell the story of a young man named Tamura Kafka who ran away from home alone on the eve of his fifteenth birthday in order to escape a prophecy from his father that was even more terrifying than Oedipus the King. However, he unexpectedly woke up in the forest covered in blood. When Kafka was four years old, his mother suddenly disappeared, taking only his sister, who was four years older than Kafka, with her. He came to a library by chance and was taken in by the director, Ms. Saeki. Kafka suspected that she was his biological mother, but Saeki refused to comment. Kafka learned the news that his father had been killed, and hid in the forest to evade police pursuit. He encountered two soldiers wearing army uniforms... The even-numbered chapters use magical techniques to tell the adventures of the old man Nakata. When Nakata was in elementary school during World War II, he lost his memory after a mysterious coma, but gained the mysterious ability to talk to cats. While Nakata lost control of his mind, he killed a cat killer who called himself Jonny Walker, and also took a ride here to look for the "Entrance Stone"... Many puzzles together create an elegant and dreamy masterpiece.

"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of life that will last forever." "Norwegian Wood" is Haruki Murakami's best-selling love novel that has been a best-seller for 30 years. It is also a youth masterpiece that has influenced several generations. This book tells the story of Watanabe, the seemingly inarticulate but extremely charismatic protagonist, who falls in love with the quiet and gloomy Naoko, and is also attracted by the passionate and straightforward girl Midori. In the process of saving this self-lost Naoko, Watanabe gradually loses his own direction; and the appearance of the enthusiastic and straightforward girl Midori is like an oasis full of hope, attracting the depressed and confused Watanabe. In this love entanglement, he is constantly undergoing self-salvation and growth...

A collection of travel essays or travel notes written by Haruki Murakami during his three-year stay in Europe since October 1986. The areas he visited were mainly Greece and Italy. Murakami's travel notes have personal characteristics. He rarely writes about well-known scenic spots and historic sites. Instead, he lives with ordinary residents and describes their daily work, diet, and daily life, as well as their thoughts. They are full of depth and are very helpful for readers to understand the real conditions of these countries. The writing style is also humorous and interesting, and is highly readable.

"There are people who like loneliness, but they don't like disappointment." Let readers around the world know Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, a 100% love novel. The so-called growth is nothing more than learning to live with loss. "Norwegian Wood" is Haruki Murakami's masterpiece and his fifth novel. It has influenced generations of young people and is known as "a demure, sad, and 100% touching love novel." The 37-year-old Toru Watanabe arrived at the Hamburg Airport in Germany by plane. The background music - "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles - was played softly from the aircraft speakers, recalling the lost scenery of youth in Watanabe's memory 18 years ago... At that time, Watanabe was entangled between the emotionally sensitive and mentally fragile Naoko and the cheerful and lively Kobayashi Midori, who was as cheerful and lively as a spring bear. He was depressed and wandering, and embarked on a journey of self-growth and mutual redemption. The novel is permeated with Murakami's unique sentiments of sentimentality and loneliness, capturing the sentimental moods of thousands of boys and girls. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

"Kafka on the Shore" is an important novel by Haruki Murakami, comparable to "Norwegian Wood" as a mature work. It has been translated into more than fifty languages ​​and has sold over one million copies. The book specially includes Haruki Murakami's first preface for Chinese readers. The book unfolds with two parallel lines in Murakami's unique style. One describes the young man "Kafka Tamura" who aspires to become the toughest person in the world and leaves his hometown to embark on a journey and encounters a series of strange events in an old library. The other describes an amnesiac old man who embarks on the road to escape after a bizarre murder incident and recovers his distant war memories with the help of car driver Hoshino. While constructing a magical real world and weaving exquisite and complex plots, the book also expresses concerns about the resurgence of Japanese militarism and reflects on Japan's cultural traditions. The translator, Professor Lin Shaohua, revised the translation and corrected some mistranslations and omissions. He also wrote a new translation preface and conducted an in-depth analysis of the meaning of the work.