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 Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V. S. Naipaul.
“Powerful. . . . Candid and often emotional.” —San Francisco
Chronicle
“Both a literary memorial and a frank examination of a
society in search of its bearings.” —A.V. Club
“Impressive.” —The Independent
“Chilling. . . . Murakami weaves a compelling true tale of normal
lives faced with abnormal realities.” —Sunday Tribune
“Powerfully observed. . . . A rattling chronicle of violence and
terror.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Through Murakami’s sensitive yet relentless questioning, it
emerges that the people who joined Aum felt just as adrift in the
world as Murakami’s own [fictional] characters do.” —The
Guardian
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