Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (English) Paperback Book

Description: Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami K, a primary school teacher, is in love with Sumire. But Sumire is in love with Miu, an older woman. Frustrated, K has an affair with the mother of one of his pupils. Then Miu calls K from a Greek Island to ask for his help. He soon discovers that something very strange has happened to Sumire. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMIS NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes.Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life- what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island- Sumire has mysteriously vanished...Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world Time Out Notes A triangular love story about a twenty-two year-old who falls for a woman seventeen years her senior, and her best friend K. who longs to tell her he love her. Murakamis previous novels include Norwegian Wood and Underground. Back Cover Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire. Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished... Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything Ive read in a long time Julie Myerson, Guardian How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration Independent on Sunday A beautiful novel, as light as a feather, and yet enduringly sad... a captivating book from one of the worlds most interesting authors Sunday Herald Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world Time Out Author Biography In 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers award and was published the following year. More followed, including A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but it was Norwegian Wood, published in 1987, which turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. His books became bestsellers, were translated into many languages, including English, and the door was thrown wide open to Murakamis unique and addictive fictional universe.Murakami writes with admirable discipline, producing ten pages a day, after which he runs ten kilometres (he began long-distance running in 1982 and has participated in numerous marathons and races), works on translations, and then reads, listens to records and cooks. His passions colour his non-fiction output, from What I Talk About When I Talk About Running to Absolutely On Music, and they also seep into his novels and short stories, providing quotidian moments in his otherwise freewheeling flights of imaginative inquiry. In works such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84 and Men Without Women, his distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring Murakamis place as one of the worlds most acclaimed and well-loved writers. Review Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything Ive read in a long time -- Julie Myerson * Guardian *How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration * Independent on Sunday *A beautiful novel, as light as a feather, and yet enduringly sad... a captivating book from one of the worlds most interesting authors * Sunday Herald *Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: hes unique * Independent *Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world * Time Out * Promotional In the spring of her 22nd year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains - flattening everything in its path, tossing things up in the air, ripping them to shreds, crushing them to bits Sputnik Sweetheart Review Text Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything Ive read in a long time Review Quote Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything Ive read in a long time Promotional "Headline" A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes Details ISBN0099448475 Author Haruki Murakami Pages 240 Year 2002 ISBN-10 0099448475 ISBN-13 9780099448471 Format Paperback Publication Date 2002-10-03 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Japanese DEWEY 895.635 Birth 1949 Media Book Short Title SPUTNIK SWEETHEART Language English Residence Oiso, JA Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2002-10-03 AU Release Date 2002-10-03 NZ Release Date 2002-10-03 Narrator Llewella Gideon Illustrator Maurice Sendak Translator Robert Dobbin Affiliation Chair of Penology, University of Edinburgh Position Chair of Penology Qualifications QC Audience General Alternative 9781529913569 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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