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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Stories

by Haruki Murakami

Surreal turns on ordinary life

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Surreal turns on ordinary life

This collection brings together twenty-four stories spanning the surreal and the everyday. Its subjects range from animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an ice man to dreams and private wishes, placing the fantastic alongside recognizable human concerns. The variety of these pieces makes the collection a compact introduction to several kinds of material within Murakami’s fiction, without centering on a single continuous plot.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in short fiction rather than a single sustained narrative.
  • For readers curious about stories that combine fantastical figures with everyday experience.
  • For readers drawn to fiction exploring dreams and human wishes.

Themes

The surreal and the mundaneDreamsHuman wishesThe range of human experience

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Book overview

From the surreal to the mundane, twenty-four stories that "show Murukami at his dynamic, organic best" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).

"A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted.... His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." --San Francisco Chronicle


Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit Murakami's ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and entertaining.
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