Haruki Murakami
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2024
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Español
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Cuando nos rodean los muros, la aventura de toda una vida quizá consista en franquearlos. El regreso de Murakami a la novela después de La muerte del comendador.
«Atención: Murakami —igual que los Beatles— provoca adicción.» Rodrigo Fresán, El País
«Murakami merece el Nobel.» Rafael Narbona, El Cultural (El Mundo)
«Murakami es el mejor escritor vivo.» Pablo d'Ors, Abc Cultural
«Leer a Murakami es una experiencia transformadora, es...
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Tusquets Editores S.A
Pub. Date
2012
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Español
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Una historia de amor en un universo orwelliano dominado por el fanatismo de las sectas, el maltrato y la corrupción.
A las voces de Aomame –la enigmática instructora de gimnasia y asesina– y de Tengo –el profesor de matemáticas y escritor–, se suma, en este tercer volumen de la novela 1Q84, la de un nuevo personaje, un hombre llamado Ushikawa que trabaja como detective. Su última misión se la había encargado Vanguardia, el misterioso...
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Tusquets Editores S.A
Pub. Date
2012
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Español
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Una historia de amor en un universo orwelliano dominado por el fanatismo de las sectas, el maltrato y la corrupción.
En japonés, la letra q y el número 9 son homófonos, los dos se pronuncian kyū, de manera que 1Q84 es, sin serlo, 1984, una fecha de ecos orwellianos. Esa variación en la grafía refleja la sutil alteración del mundo en que habitan los personajes de esta novela, que es, también sin serlo, el Japón de 1984. En ese mundo en apariencia...
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Tusquets Editores S.A
Pub. Date
2013
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Español
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La obra más exitosa de Haruki Murakami. Un conmovedora historia sobre la juventud, los primeros amores y el dolor que implica el paso a la madurez.
Mientras aterriza en un aeropuerto europeo, Toru Watanabe, un ejecutivo de 37 años, escucha una vieja canción de los Beatles que le hace retroceder a su juventud, al turbulento Tokio de los años sesenta. Con una mezcla de melancolía y desasosiego, Toru recuerda entonces a la inestable y misteriosa...
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Tusquets México
Pub. Date
2021
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Español
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Primera persona del singular es el nuevo volumen de relatos del célebre autor japonés. Está compuesto por ocho cuentos, cuatro de ellos publicados solo en inglés en revistas como The New Yorker, y el resto inéditos. Las ocho historias magistrales de este nuevo volumen de relatos están contadas en primera persona por un narrador muy murakamiano.
El narrador podría ser, en ocasiones, el propio autor. ¿Son memorias o ficción? El lector decide....
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Tusquets Editores S.A
Pub. Date
2019
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Español
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El trepidante y esperado desenlace de la novela más reciente de Haruki Murakami.
En el primer volumen, dejamos al protagonista deseoso de saber qué se oculta detrás del cuadro titulado La muerte del comendador. También ha aprendido a convivir con los extraños personajes y objetos que lo envuelven desde que se instaló en la casa en las montañas. Y, a petición de su vecino, ha empezado a esbozar el retrato de una peculiar adolescente, Marie...
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Tusquets Editores S.A
Pub. Date
2018
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Español
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Únicamente en soledad, cuando el futuro es incierto, empieza el verdadero viaje.La esperada y adictiva nueva novela de Haruki Murakami.
En plena crisis de pareja, un retratista de cierto prestigio abandona Tokio en dirección al norte de Japón. Confuso, sumido en sus recuerdos, deambula por el país hasta que, finalmente, un amigo le ofrece instalarse en una pequeña casa aislada, rodeada de bosques, que pertenece a su padre, un pintor famoso. En...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"The debut short novels--nearly thirty years out of print-- by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly retranslated and in one English-language volume for the first time, with a new introduction by the author. These first major works of fiction by Haruki Murakami center on two young men--an unnamed narrator and his friend and former roommate, the Rat. Powerful, at times surreal, stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism, these novellas...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball...
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English
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An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists.
While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki Murakami decided to keep a journal of his progress. The result is a memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid recollections and insights,
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes, the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display.
In these stories, a man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald’s in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who...
In these stories, a man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald’s in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who...
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Set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, the mesmerizing stories in After the Quake are as haunting as dreams and as potent as oracles. An electronics salesman who has been deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who views himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may be his human father. A mild-mannered collection agent receives a visit from a giant...
13) Vintage Murakami
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Discover the work of Haruki Murakami with this anthology from Vintage Readers, a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers.
“Murakami’s bold willingness to go straight over the top is a signal indication of his genius. . . . A world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks.”—The Washington Post Book World
Few writers have ever won the sort of international...
“Murakami’s bold willingness to go straight over the top is a signal indication of his genius. . . . A world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks.”—The Washington Post Book World
Few writers have ever won the sort of international...
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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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...
"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...
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The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his...
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It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn₂t realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus...
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English
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Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami’s Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs.
As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular...
As Murakami’s nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular...
19) 1Q84
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Pub. Date
2011
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English
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The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 Q is for question mark. A world that bears a question. Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author...