Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, whose previous recipients include J. K. Rowling, Isabel Allende, and Salman Rushdie.
One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, and
Esquire
“[A] beguilingly irresistible book. Like a lost lover, it holds on
tight long after the affair is over. . . . Part allegory, part
myth, part magic realism, part Philip Marlowe, private eye. . . .
Murakami puts the performance in performance art.” —The New York
Times Book Review
“Time and again in these seven stories, Murakami displays his
singular genius. . . . The stories in this collection find their
power within the confines of common but momentous disturbances that
linger on in memory.” —Los Angeles Times
“Mesmerizing tales of profound alienation. . . . Murakami is a
master of the open-ended mystery.” —The Washington Post
“Beautifully rendered. . . . Murakami at his whimsical, romantic
best. . . . [He] writes of complex things with his usual beguiling
simplicity—the same seeming naivety found in the Beatles songs that
are so often his reference points. The stories read like dirges for
‘all the lonely people’ but they are strangely invigorating to
read.” —Financial Times
“Classic Murakami. . . . [His] voice—cool, poised, witty,
characterized by a peculiar blend of whimsy and poignancy, wit and
profundity—hasn’t lost its power to unsettle even as it amuses.”
—The Boston Globe
“A whimsical delight. . . . The seven stories in his fourth story
collection present another captivating treasure hunt of familiar
Murakami motifs—including cats, jazz, whiskey, certain cigarettes,
the moon, baseball, never-named characters, and—of course—the many
men without women. . . . Murakami always manages to entertain,
surprise, and satisfy. . . . Sanity might be overrated, but
Murakami is surely not.” —The Christian Science Monitor
“Wise stories. . . . Moody and melancholic as [they] can be, some
of them offer comparable hope that these men without women might
emerge from their long and isolating loneliness, acknowledging the
hurt, pain and even rage they feel rather than folding in on
themselves and ceasing to fully live.” —Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
“Men Without Women has the familiar signposts and well-worn
barstools that will reconnect with longtime readers of Murakami:
magical realism, Beatles tracks and glasses of whiskey. Yet, except
for a few tales, the magic is watered down and it’s reality that is
now poured stiff. . . . This collection is a sober, clear-eyed
attempt to observe the evasion and confrontation of suffering and
loss, and to hope for something better.” —New York Daily News
“It’s been a few years since we’ve gotten something new from
Japan’s master of magical realism, but this new seven-story
collection draws us right back into his signature realm—one of
lonely men with wandering imaginations, mysterious cats, and
subtle-yet-surreal narratives that reveal the supernatural layer
operating beneath our everyday lives.” —W Magazine
“Vintage Murakami. . . . Compellingly odd. . . . A glimpse
into the strange worlds people invent by the always inventive
[author]. . . . Elegant.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Thought-provoking.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Superb.” —SF Weekly
“A new Haruki Murakami book is always cause for celebration. . . .
These stories are filled with all of the luminous, magical elements
that make Murakami's writing so fascinating.” —Bustle
“Funny and surreal.” —io9
“A funny, lovely, unmistakably Murakami collection.” —BuzzFeed
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