A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. The result is a wildly inventive fantasy and a meditation on the many uses of the mind. (20021018)

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 couple's 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 Murakami's most eclectic collection of stories to date, spanning five years of his writing. An introduction explains the diversity of the author's choice.

Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, and the reasons for that convergence become clear, Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder. Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world’s great storytellers at the peak of his powers.

1995年1月、地震はすべてを一瞬のうちに壊滅させた。そして2月、流木が燃える冬の海岸で、あるいは、小箱を携えた男が向かった釧路で、かえるくんが地底でみみずくんと闘う東京で、世界はしずかに共振をはじめる…。大地は裂けた。神は、いないのかもしれない。でも、おそらく、あの震災のずっと前から、ぼくたちは内なる廃墟を抱えていた―。深い闇の中に光を放つ6つの黙示録。 しんと静まりかえった心の中のいちばん深い場所で、たしかに、それは起こった-。小さな焚き火の炎のように、深い闇の中に光を放つ。『新潮』連載「地震のあとで」に書下ろし一篇を加えた初の連作小説。

作家デビュー２５年記念。文庫カバーを一新北海道に渡ったらしい＜鼠＞からの一通の手紙から、羊をめぐる冒険行がスタートする。文字が大きく、さらに、文字組みもゆるやかになって読みやすくなりました。

賀〈東尼瀧谷〉改編電影榮獲 2004 年瑞士盧卡諾影展評審團特別獎。 原著全新改裝上市。 新版收錄劉黎兒東京獨家專訪村上春樹全文。 《萊辛頓的幽靈》收錄村上春樹的七個短篇，訴說七則如夢似真的人生際遇，描寫與幽靈、怪獸、冰男，與海浪等種種有形或無形的恐怖或執念的邂逅。而有時，如村上春樹所述：「我們在這人生中真正害怕的，不是恐怖本身。恐怖確實在那裏。……以各種形式出現，有時候壓倒我們存在。但最可怕的是，背對著那恐怖，閉起眼睛。結果我們把自己內心最重要的東西，讓渡給了什麼。 」 書中的〈東尼瀧谷〉一篇描寫37歲的插畫家東尼瀧谷無意中愛上了來跟他拿原稿的22歲女孩，兩人結婚後一切平順，直到女孩開始上了癮般不斷地添購衣服，數量多到一個房間都收藏不完……。日本名導市川準將此篇小說改拍成同名電影《東尼瀧谷》，由尾形一生與宮澤理惠主演，廣川泰士攝影，阪本龍一配樂。本片並獲得2004年瑞士盧卡諾影展評審團特別獎。