Hiromi Kawakami

Ted Goossen

Slight discoloration on cover (pictured). Free bookmark and sticker included <3

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Stories

From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times). A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood. In their lives, details of the local and everyday—the lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax office—slip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" stories—fictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and out—Hiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.

People from My Neighborhood

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Haruki Murakami

Philip Gabriel

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

A Novel

"The much-anticipated new novel from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Killing Commendatore is an epic tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art--as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby--and a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers"--

Killing Commendatore

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Has ink book stamp. From a library sale. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

Two Novels

The debut short novels--nearly thirty years out of print-- by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly retranslated and in one English-language volume for the first time, with a new introduction by the author. These first major works of fiction by Haruki Murakami center on two young men--an unnamed narrator and his friend and former roommate, the Rat. Powerful, at times surreal, stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism, these novellas bear all the hallmarks of Murakami's later books, giving us a fascinating insight into a great writer's beginnings, and are remarkable works of fiction in their own right. Here too is an exclusive essay by Murakami in which he explores and explains his decision to become a writer. Prequels to the much-beloved classics "A Wild Sheep Chase "and "Dance Dance Dance, " these early works are essential reading for Murakami completists and contemporary fiction lovers alike.

Wind/Pinball

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Hawaii

A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic. From the Hardcover edition.

Men Without Women

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Haruki Murakami's "Hear the Wind Sing" and "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" #harukimurakami 2 trade paper back books. Colorless has a couple pages written on. Good shape. Hear the Wind Sing is a flip book- Pinball 1973 is on the other side. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 (Two Novels)

In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels--Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973--that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age--the unnamed narrator and his friend the Rat--are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism. They bear all the hallmarks of Murakami's later books, and form the first two-thirds, with A Wild Sheep Chase, of the trilogy of the Rat. Widely available in English for the first time ever, newly translated, and featuring a new introduction by Murakami himself, Wind/Pinball gives us a fascinating insight into a great writer's beginnings.

Hear the Wind Sing / Pinball 1973 / Colorless Tsukuru Tazaku

New York

In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

The Strange Library

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Cover shows slight shelf wear, dust jacket show slight staining on inside but otherwise in good condition. Pages clean and tight, spine not broken.

New Mexico

2 underlines in the first chapter. Otherwise clean. 

California

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. "Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers" —New York Times Book Review Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this engaging book from the internationally best-selling author. Haruki Murakami now shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Here are the personal details of a life devoted to craft: the initial moment at a Yakult Swallows baseball game, when he suddenly knew he could write a novel; the importance of memory, what he calls a writer’s “mental chest of drawers”; the necessity of loneliness, patience, and his daily running routine; the seminal role a carrier pigeon played in his career and more.

Novelist As a Vocation

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A collection of short stories translated from Japanese. 

Maryland

Connecticut

A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels, from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84 and Norwegian Wood

In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously private writer Haruki Murakami shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Here are the personal details of a life devoted to craft: the initial moment at a Yakult Swallows baseball game, when he suddenly knew he could write a novel; the importance of memory, what he calls a writer's "mental chest of drawers"; the necessity of loneliness, patience, and his daily running routine; the seminal role a carrier pigeon played in his career. Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this insightful and unique look at the craft of writing and into the mind of a master storyteller.

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Virginia

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami. Paperback Vintage International edition 2018. 

Very good+ condition copy.

ISBN: 9780525435761

Maine

Oregon

Tennessee

Massachusetts

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami. First US paperback edition published by Vintage International 2019. 

Good condition copy. A general rolling upwards to cover and first hundred or so pages due to reading. Otherwise unmarked and in great condition.  

ISBN: 9780525435761

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