{"title":"Haruki Murakami","description":"\u003cp\u003eFind your next read from \u003cstrong\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/strong\u003e. Our range covers coming of age and psychological fiction. Bestsellers in our range include \u003cem\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKafka on the Shore\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSuper-Frog Saves Tokyo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest for adult readers. Shop all our Haruki Murakami books below, delivered across South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780099448792","title":"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle","description":"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. 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When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. *Murakami's new book Novelist as a Vocation is available now* 'Evocative, entertaining, sexy and funny; but then Murakami is one of the best writers around' Time Out 'Poignant, romantic and hopeless, it beautifully encapsulates the heartbreak and loss of faith' Sunday Times 'This book is undeniably hip, full of student uprisings, free love, booze and 1960s pop, it's also genuinely emotionally engaging, and describes the highs of adolescence as well as the lows' Independent on Sunday","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32039727595635,"sku":"9780099448822","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/products\/norwegian-wood-haruki-murakami-15208026079347.jpg?v=1637769795"},{"product_id":"9780099458326","title":"Kafka on the Shore","description":"With Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami gives us a novel every bit as ambitious and expansive as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which has been acclaimed both here and around the world for its uncommon ambition and achievement, and whose still-growing popularity suggests that it will be read and admired for decades to come. This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle-yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own. Extravagant in its accomplishment, Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world's truly great storytellers at the height of his powers.","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32039731658867,"sku":"9780099458326","price":261.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/products\/kafka-on-the-shore-books-15208032206963.jpg?v=1637558104"},{"product_id":"9780099448471","title":"Sputnik Sweetheart","description":"A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes.\n \n Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. 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Known for his unique blend of magical realism, jazz influences, and deep philosophical musings, Murakami’s works resonate with readers around the world.\nWhat's Included in This Box Set:\nNorwegian Wood A poignant and emotionally charged novel, Norwegian Wood explores themes of love, loss, and mental health through the eyes of Toru Watanabe, a college student in 1960s Tokyo. The book dives deep into the complexities of relationships and the impact of grief, capturing the essence of youth and the bittersweet nature of growing up. This novel is one of Murakami’s most accessible works, combining raw emotion with his signature writing style. Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore is a mind-bending tale that weaves together two seemingly separate stories—one of a young boy named Kafka who runs away from home, and the other of an elderly man named Nakata, who has lost his memory. This novel delves into the realms of fate, memory, and identity, with Murakami’s trademark surreal twists. The story explores the intersection of dreams and reality, with elements of mythology and magical realism that captivate the reader from start to finish. 1Q84 1Q84 is a complex and ambitious work that follows two characters, Aomame and Tengo, as they navigate a parallel world that is eerily similar to their own but subtly altered. The novel is a reflection on power, reality, and the nature of relationships, blending elements of dystopian fiction with Murakami’s signature surrealism. The title, 1Q84, is a play on the Japanese word for \"nine,\" as well as a reference to George Orwell’s 1984. 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