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 GuardianThese new graphic versions of classic Murakami
short stories will be devoured by his fans and will provide a new window onto his work for a
new generation of readers not yet familiar with it!**Recommended for readers ages 16+ due to
mature themes and graphic content**
