Men without women : stories /
by Murakami, Haruki; Gabriel, Philip; Goossen, Ted.
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BookPublisher: London : Harvill Secker, 2017Description: 256 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781911215370 (hbk.) :; 191121537X (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Murakami, Haruki, 1949- -- Translations into English | Short stories | General | Fiction in Translation | Short StoriesSummary: 'I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.' 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002943271X |
Translated from the Japanese.
'I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.' 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.
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