Haruki Murakami

Confessions of a Middle-Aged Ecstasy Eater o the reader. I hereby present you with a record, of sorts, of a remarkable period in my life. According to my application of it, I trust, as I likewise hope, that it may prove not merely interesting, but, to a considerable degree, useful and...

1' I 'l 1 Eyes mark the shape of the city. Through the eyes of a high-flying night bird, we take in the scene from midair. In our broad sweep, the city looks like a single gigantic creature—or more like a single collective entity created by many intertwining organisms. Countless arteries...

From July of his sophomore year in college until the following January, all Tsukum Tazaki could think about was dying. He turned twenty during this time, but this special watershed -becoming an adult - meant nothing. Taking his own life seemed the most natural solution, and even now he couldn't...