Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disin
Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving.
Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.
Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki MurakamiToru Okada's cat has disappeared.His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has rec
《再襲麵包店》村上春樹第五部短篇小說集,包括六個短篇:《再襲麵包店》《象的失蹤》《家庭事件、雙胞胎女郎與沉沒的大陸、羅馬帝國的崩潰 1881年印第安人起義 希特勒入侵波蘭 以及狂風世界》《擰發條鳥與星期二女郎們》。作品描寫幾個主流社會的邊緣人,少年的浪漫和青春的衝動越來越遠,步入中年後不得不面對日常的瑣碎和世俗的牽累。書中作品和《1973年的彈子球》《奇鳥行狀錄》《世界盡頭與冷酷仙境》等長篇代表作息息相關。其中《再襲麵包店》和《象的失蹤》被視為村上短篇中的經典之作。《去中國的小船》本書是村上春樹第一部短篇小說集。這部短篇集描寫了迄今為止村上文學世界的所有要素――《尋羊冒險記》“物語”膨脹力,《世界盡頭與冷酷仙境》對於自我解離的恐懼, 《電視人》的硬質,《奇鳥行狀錄》的徒勞感,《斯普特尼克戀人》空虛的永恆性……書名取自英文歌曲“On A Slow Boat to China”。書名同名作《去中國的小船》也是村上春樹的個短篇作品,也是擁有村上個人色彩或“私人性質”的一篇,是村上根據自己在神戶生活的親身體驗所寫。書中有的描寫少年時代的苦悶、孤獨、友情,有的揭示世態人情,集中體現了作者的深沉和幽默。《東京奇譚集》《東京奇譚集》由《偶然的旅人》《哈納萊伊灣》《在可能找見的場所,無論哪裡》《天天移動的腎形石塊》《品川猴》五個短篇小說組成。第一篇《偶然的旅人》講了發生在村上身上的兩件奇異的巧合和朋友講述的同樣出奇巧合的往事。第二篇《哈納萊伊灣》,女主人公的十九歲兒子在夏威夷考愛島哈納萊伊灣衝浪時不幸被鯊魚咬掉一條腿死了。此後每年兒子忌日前後她都特意從東京飛來兒子遇難地方的海灘,從早到晚坐在海灘靜靜看海。忽有一天,兩個日本衝浪手言之鑿鑿地告訴她在海灘看見了一個單腿日本衝浪手。她極為驚訝,獨自到處尋找,卻怎麼找也沒有找見。晚間她伏在枕頭上吞聲哭泣――為什麼別人看得見而作為母親的自己卻看不見自己的兒子呢?自己沒有那個資格不成?第三篇《在可能找見的地方,無論哪裡》,講一個證券公司經紀人星期日清晨在所住公寓的24層和26層之間莫名其妙地消失了。妻子找來私家偵探幫忙,然而還是毫無蛛絲馬跡可尋。不料二十天后妻子得知,丈夫在遠離東京的仙台站躺在長椅上時被警察監護起來。至於如何去的仙台以及二十天時間裡做了什麼,本人全然無從記起,二十天的記憶消失得利利索索。第四篇《天天移動的腎形石塊》更是