Men Without Women (Haruki Murakami) (9781784705374)

Men Without Women examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives, itll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers. Barack Obama 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 humour that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.Supremely enjoyable, philosophical and pitch-perfect new collection of short stories.Murakami has a marvelous understanding of youth and age Observer Murakami at his whimsical, romantic best Financial Times