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The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
26.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset. A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's. A woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden. An insomniac wife wakes up in a twilight world ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (H/B) by Jay Rubin (Editor); Haruki Murakami (Introduction by)
65.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable examples being written today. Curated by Jay Rubin (who has ...Show more
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'All I did was go to the library to borrow some books'. On his way home from school, the young narrator of The Strange Library finds himself wondering how taxes were collected in the Ottoman Empire. He pops into the local library to see if it has a book on the subject. This is his first mistake. Led to ...Show more
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
48.00 NZD
Category: Translated Fiction
A special hardback edition of Murakami's epic, magical masterpiece, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, now with a new introduction from the authorToru Okada's cat has disappeared.His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.A ...Show more
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to ...Show more
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
25.99 NZD
Category: Classic | Series: Vintage Classic Japanese Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague ...Show more
Underground by Haruki Murakami
28.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
"In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects. Murakami interviews the victims to try and establish precisely what happened on the subway that day. He also interviews members and ex-members ...Show more
Underground by Murakami, Haruki
27.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Panther S.
This is an account of the Tokyo subway gas attack in 1995, in which 12 people died, as told to Murakami by the survivors and the Aum cult members responsible for carrying out such an outrage.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence ...Show more
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
26.99 NZD
Category: Fitness
From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year la ...Show more
Wind / Pinball - Two Early Novels by Haruki Murakami; Ted Goossen (Translator)
40.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
'If you're the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly.That's who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by ...Show more