Haruki Murakami Poradie kníh

The story follows a young man determined to uncover the truth behind his girlfriend's mysterious disappearance. His quest takes him to a remote library filled with its own enigmas, where he believes he might find clues about the imaginary city that holds her true essence. As he delves deeper into the library's secrets, he navigates a journey of discovery and self-realization, blending themes of love, loss, and the quest for identity.

Vintage Books presents this set of wonderful stories, perfect for fans of one of popular culture’s most enduring and celebrated writers.

Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time!Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are available in graphic novel form in English. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1 is the first of three volumes, which will present a total of 9 short stories from Murakami's bestselling collections. With their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's characteristic themes of loss, remorse and confusion, the four stories in this volume are:Super-Frog Saves Tokyo: A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in this home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but Katagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming? [This story has] such an engaging mix of realism and fantasy that it takes a while for you to realize what a sad undertow the story has and how much it says about Katagiri's solitary life, his feelings of powerlessness and his dread of another quake. --The New York TimesWhere I'm Likely to Find It: A woman's husband goes missing so she hires detective. As the detective traces the man's whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life. A searching Kafkaesque parable about disappearance, loss and coping. -Kirkus ReviewsBirthday Girl: A woman tells her friend the story of a surreal encounter she has on her twentieth birthday with the owner of the restaurant where she works, who grants her a wish. The Seventh Man: The story of a man scarred by the death of his childhood friend in a tsunami. Although Murakami's style and deadpan humour are wonderfully distinctive, his emotional territory is more familiar--remorse, unresolved confusion, sudden epiphanies--though heightened by the surreal. In 'The Seventh Man,' one of his saddest stories, the narrator recalls the wave that reared up during a freak storm and engulfed his childhood friend.--The GuardianThis novel visual take on these classic Murakami stories will be devoured by his fans and provide a new window onto his work for younger readers not yet familiar with it! Recommended for readers ages 16+ due to mature themes and graphic content

Eine melancholische Geschichte über eine Dreiecksbeziehung, das Schreiben und zwei Bären. Junpei ist Schriftsteller, seine Spezialität: Kurzgeschichten über unerwiderte Liebe. Das Thema seines Lebens. Seit der Uni ist er in Sayoko verliebt, die seinen besten Freund geheiratet hat. Trotz allem hat die Freundschaft zwischen den dreien Bestand, anders als die Liebe von Sayoko und Junpeis bestem Freund: Sie bekommen eine Tochter namens Sara, trennen sich aber kurz darauf. Mit den Jahren wird Junpei zu einer Art Ersatzvater für Sara. Nach einem schrecklichen Erdbeben leidet sie unter Albträumen. Nur Junpei kann sie beruhigen – mit seinen Geschichten über einen Bären und seinen besten Freund. Und er ist fest entschlossen, für immer über Sayokos und Saras Schlaf zu wachen … Haruki Murakami ist ein Meister der kurzen Form. In ›Honigkuchen‹ offenbart er sein großes Herz für alle Zögernden und Zaudernden. Kat Menschik hat die warmherzige Geschichte des wichtigsten japanischen Autors unserer Zeit in unvergessliche Bilder gegossen.

Nowa książka japońskiego mistrza Porzucenie kota to wspomnienie Murakamiego o ojcu, uważane przez niektórych krytyków za jeden z najważniejszych tekstów pisarza opublikowanych w ostatnich latach i stanowiący klucz do zrozumienia wielu jego utworów. Ojcowie są u Murakamiego często nieobecni, co jest prawdopodobnie odzwierciedleniem skomplikowanych stosunków pisarza z własnym ojcem. Z tego niewielkich rozmiarów tekstu dowiadujemy się o dzieciństwie i dorastaniu pisarza w niewielkim mieście niedaleko Kobe, jako jedynaka kochającego książki i koty. Przede wszystkim jednak esej wyjaśnia, dlaczego w tak wielu utworach japońskiego pisarza pojawiają się sceny związane z drugą wojną światową oraz z okresem bezpośrednio ją poprzedzającym. Okazuje się, że przeżycia wojenne ojca, którymi podzielił się z małym synem, zostały niejako złożone na barki chłopca, który przez całe życie dźwiga ten ciężar. Murakami rozważa znaczenie historii i dowodzi, że każdy z nas jest odpowiedzialny za czyny popełnione w imieniu społeczeństwa czy narodu, do którego należymy, bez względu na to, czy się z nimi zgadzamy, czy nie.

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Many of Haruki Murakami's fans know about his massive vinyl record collection (10,000 albums!) and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate passion: his T-shirt collecting. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts—from concert shirts to never-worn whiskey-themed Ts, and from beloved bookstore swag to the shirt that inspired the iconic short story "Tony Takitani." These photographs are paired with short, frank essays that include Murakami's musings on the joy of drinking Guinness in local pubs across Ireland, the pleasure of eating a burger upon arrival in the United States, and Hawaiian surf culture in the 1980s. Together, these photographs and reflections reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.