Tapestry | Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Princeton
It was in the summer of 1984 that I visited Princeton, New Jersey for the first time.
Honey Pie
"So Masakichi got his paws full of honey—way more honey than he could eat by himself—and he put it in a pail..."
Kino
The man always sat in the same seat, the stool farthest down the counter.
Samsa in Love
He woke to discover that he had undergone a metamorphosis and become Gregor Samsa.
Yesterday
As far as I know, the only person ever to put Japanese lyrics to the Beatles song “Yesterday”.
Town of Cats
At Koenji Station, Tengo boarded the Chuo Line inbound rapid-service train. The car was empty.
UFO in Kushiro
Short story about a Japanese man who attempts to piece together his reaction to his divorce by taking a trip north to bleak Hokkaido.
A Walk to Kobe
In May of 1997, two years after the massive earthquake in Kobe, I hit upon the idea of taking a leisurely, solitary walk from Nishinomiya to Sannomiya in downtown Kobe.
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