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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
3.84 (36,520 ratings by Goodreads)
Paperback English
By (author) Haruki Murakami


A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couples relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite crab while on holiday; a man follows instructions on the back of a postcard to apply for a job, but an unknown password stands between him and his mysterious employer. In each one of these stories Murakami sidesteps the real and sprints for the surreal. Everyday events are transcended, leaving the reader dazzled by this master of his craft.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is Murakamis most eclectic collection of stories to date, spanning five years of his writing. An introduction explains the diversity of the authors choice.


Product details

Format Paperback | 448 pages
Dimensions 110 x 178 x 28mm | 237g
Publication date 11 Jul 2008
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint VINTAGE
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN13 9780099512820
Bestsellers rank 14,724