The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned an[...]

Book Two of 1Q84 ends with Aomame standing on the Metropolitan Expressway with a gun between her lips. She has come tantalisingly close to meeting her beloved Tengo only to have him slip away at the last minute. The followers of the cult leader she assassinated are determined to track her down and s[...]

"Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers . . . But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves." --"T[...]

Den "kühnsten und bedeutendsten Autor Japans" nannte die NEW YORK TIMES den Romancier Haruki Murakami. Seine Bücher gehören zu den erfolgreichsten der japanischen Nachkriegsliteratur, sie sind in 30 Sprachen übersetzt und millionenfach verkauft. Zweifellos ist er einer der ganz großen Schriftst[...]

Two of Japan's foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the tr[...]

En japones, la letra q y el numero 9 son homofonos, los dos se pronuncian kyu, de manera que 1Q84 es, sin serlo, 1984, una fecha de ecos orwellianos. Esa variacion en la grafia refleja la sutil alteracion del mundo en que habitan los personajes de esta novela, que es, tambien sin serlo, el Japon de [...]

Cuando Tsukuru Tazakiera adolescente, se sentaba durante horas en las estaciones para ver pasar los trenes. Ahora, con treinta y seis anos, es un ingeniero que disena y construye estaciones de ferrocarril y que lleva una vida tranquila, tal vez demasiado solitaria. Cuando conoce a Sara, una mujer po[...]

Bergensbanen fyller 100 år, og vi markerer jubileet med folkets egne historier fra en spektakulær togstrekning. Tekstene er like varierte som landskapet. 27. november 2009 er det 100 år siden åpningen av Bergensbanen. Vi har samlet folkets egne historier fra opplevelser knyttet til denne spektak[...]

Aomame sitter fast i kø på motorveien på vei til en viktig jobb. Etter råd fra sjåføren går hun ut av drosjen og ned en avlåst branntrapp. Snart begynner merkelige ting å skje. Og oppdraget hennes viser seg å være alt annet enn uskyldig. Tengo jobber som mattelærer og drømmer om å bli [...]