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After the Quake
Reader Score
81%
81% of readers
recommend this book
An electronics salesman who has been deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package-- and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who views himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may 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. The six stories in this collection come from the deep and mysterious place where the human meets the inhuman--and are further proof that Murakami is one of the most visionary writers at work today.
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: May 13rd, 2003
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.10in - 0.50in - 0.30lb
- EAN: 9780375713279
- Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Literary• Magical Realism
About the Author
More books by Haruki Murakami
What people are saying
Public Books is an online magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship.
“How, Murakami asks, can community after the quake be structured around self-reflection rather than cruelty?” Chris Holmes returns to Haruki Murakami’s largely forgotten 2002 story collection “After the Quake.” https://t.co/RoDq5mcGiP
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura,Haruki Murakami, After the Quake,run-away, runaway, shadow, travel, yourself,
⚖️ Libra The woods are lovely dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep
‘‘Of course – the forest was inside him, he knew, and it made him who he was. The beasts were ones that he himself possessed.’’ — Haruki Murakami, After the Quake https://t.co/HvaLhrOMJh
Praise for this book
"His characters are so persuasive, and the storytelling so spacious. . . . Murakami's crisp, accomplished stories in After the Quake have great immediacy." --The Seattle Times
"One of the great Japanese exports." --Details
"Unexpectedly powerful. . . . Moving." --The New York Times Book Review
"Both mysterious and somehow quite familiar." -Alan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle
"In these stories . . . Murakami proves himself to be almost as fantastic-and as heroic-as his creations." -Elle
"Trim, beautiful, diamond sharp, and profoundly layered in . . . mystical symbolism and daily absurdities. Murakami's evocations of grace and possible redemption are startling, dangerous, and moving." -O, The Oprah Magazine
"Spare yet richly mysterious and emotionally prismatic, these unpredictable tales explore the subtle ways the earthquake affected those who live far from its epicenter yet who are nonetheless shaken to their very core. . . .Haunting." -Booklist (starred review)
"Murakami has written a series of deeply evocative stories." -Tulsa Today
"The stories here are well-crafted and lyrical . . . They are sometimes absurd, sometimes quite funny, but they all have real epiphanies and real moments of feeling." -Rocky Mountain News
What people are saying
Public Books is an online magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship.
“How, Murakami asks, can community after the quake be structured around self-reflection rather than cruelty?” Chris Holmes returns to Haruki Murakami’s largely forgotten 2002 story collection “After the Quake.” https://t.co/RoDq5mcGiP
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura,Haruki Murakami, After the Quake,run-away, runaway, shadow, travel, yourself,