Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st Vintage International ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Vintage Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (99 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
UFO in Kushiro -- Landscape with flatiron -- All god's children can dance -- Thailand -- Super-frog saves Tokyo -- Honey pie.
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The six stories in Haruki Murakami's mesmerizing collection are set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, when Japan became brutally aware of the fragility of its daily existence. But the upheavals that afflict Murakami's characters are even deeper and more mysterious, emanating from a place where the human meets the inhuman. An electronics salesman who has been abruptly deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package--and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who has been raised to view himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may or may not be his human father. A mild-mannered collection agent receives a visit from a giant talking frog who enlists his help in saving Tokyo from destruction. As haunting as dreams, as potent as oracles, the stories in From the Trade Paperback edition.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
3E8160E5-5482-4222-826B-B71E08BFB6D3
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
After the quake.
International Standard Book Number
0375713271
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Kami no kodomotachi wa mina odoru.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fiction.
FICTION-- General.
Literary.
Manners and customs.
Short stories.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Japan, Social life and customs, 20th century, Fiction.