Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His
wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone
calls he has recently been receiving. As this compelling story unfolds the tidy suburban
realities of Okada's vague and blameless life spent cooking reading listening to jazz and
opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table are turned inside out. He embarks on a bizarre
journey guided by a succession of characters each with a tale to tell. 'Mesmerising surreal
this really is the work of a true original' The Times Part of the VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS
series - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.