Written with a fierce lyricism and sensibility
a stray cat and notorious thief
and the three terrible decades that followed
and a little help from the most unexpected of places
But might such notions be more than science fiction
Haruki Murakami: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Haruki Murakami [2007] paperback Condition:Very Good Written with a fierce lyricismAn eclectic, eccentric and altogether brain bending collection of short stories. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life, Murakami's characters confront loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distance between those who ought to