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Protagonista príbehu, ktorý je zároveň rozprávačom, je mladý, mestom znudený človek, ktorý nikam nepatrí a nikomu nechýba. Jedného dňa dostane od svojho priateľa „Krysu“ list s fotografiou, ktorú neskôr nič netušiac použije v jednom z projektov svojej reklamnej agentúry. Fotografia sa dostane do rúk osobného tajomníka „šéfa“, ktorý pohrozí nášmu hrdinovi, aby jednu z oviec na tej fotografii našiel, alebo… .Takto sa začína hon na ovcu, ktorá sa od ostatných líši „len“ hviezdou na chrbte. Hon na túto nezvyčajnú ovcu je snom, z ktorého sa len ťažko prebúdza. Sladký, keď práve snívaný, ale bizarný, keď prerozpravaný – taký je hon na ovcu s hviezdou na chrbte. Je to príbeh, ktorý najprv pohltí a neskôr neúprosne čitateľa opustí .

Untergrundkrieg : Der Anschlag von Tokyo

First American PublicationThis stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time.  It is sure to be a literary event.Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before.  Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable.  As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.A poignant story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, Norwegian Wood takes us to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.

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 j azz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise theyve been acquainted through Eri, Maris beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return before dawn. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help. Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, he avy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; pulse and respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporfic state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock disp lays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the televisions plug has been pulled.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.

Une curieuse digression sur les kangourous. Un éléphant qui se volatilise. Un nain diabolique qui danse. Ou une jeune fille cent pour cent parfaite ". A travers ces dix-sept nouvelles, petits contes anodins de notre quotidien, Haruki Murakami entraîne son lecteur dans une dimension parallle l'imaginaire délicieusement drôle et bizarre, au fil d'un Japon nostalgique et moderne la fois. Farouchement zen et férocement fantastique, l'auteur déploie encore une fois son art magistral, et nous montre qu'il sait comme personne comment transfigurer la banalité de nos existences."

Au Japon, d’octobre ? décembre 1984. Aux voix d’Aomamé et de Tengo se joint dans ce troisi?me volume celle du détective Ushikawa. Enrôlé par la secte des Précurseurs, Ushikawa se lance aux trousses de la tueuse et de l’écrivain, et l?ve un ? un les voiles sur leur passé. Sous les deux lunes de 1Q84, un complexe jeu du chat et de la souris se met en place. Pour Aomamé et Tengo, le temps est désormais compté…

Le narrateur, un informaticien de trs haut niveau, qui effectue des missions spéciales, apporte un jour sa collaboration un vieux savant dont le laboratoire se situe dans les sous-sols obscurs d'un immeuble. Ds lors, il est entraîné dans une aventure terrifiante. Paralllement ce Hard-boiled wonderland, interviennent en alternance les chapitres de La Fin des temps : le narrateur se trouve prisonnier d'une ville onirique, peuplée de licornes au pelage doré. Les deux intrigues se rejoindront finalement. De mme que son personnage flirte avec d'anodines jeunes filles, Haruki Murakami courtise ici le mythe - ce qui nous vaut une fable d'une prenante étrangeté. Ce roman a obtenu au Japon le prix Tanizaki.

A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflect ion tries to take control of him; a couples relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite crab while on holiday; a man follows instructions on the back of a postcard to apply for a job, but an unknown password stands between him a nd his mysterious employer. In each one of these stories Murakami sidesteps the real and sprints for the surreal. Everyday events are transcended, leaving the reader dazzled by this master of his craft.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.

Hajime, el narrador, nacio

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, hed completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of criti cally acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Maratho n and settings ranging from Tokyos Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and in sights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, p layful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revealing, both for fans of this masterful yet private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.Upozornenie : Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.

Au cours d'un voyage en avion, le narrateur entend une chanson des Beatles: Norwegian Wood. Instantanément, il replonge dans le souvenir d'un amour vieux de dix-huit ans. Quand il était lycéen, son meilleur ami, Kizuki, s'est suicidé. Kizuki avait une amie, Naoko. Ils étaient amoureux. Un an aprs ce suicide, le narrateur retrouve Naoko. Elle est incertaine et angoissée, il l'aime ainsi. Une nuit, elle lui livre son secret, puis disparaît... Hommage aux amours enfuies, La Ballade de l'impossible est un magnifique roman aux résonances autobiographiques, d'une tendresse et d'une intensité érotique saisissantes.

Kultovní román, odehrávající se ve dvou paralelních světech: v současném nočním Tokiu a v jakémsi světě představ, kde neplatí minulost ani budoucnost. Hrdina, specialista na kódování počítačových dat, přijme na první pohled normální zakázku a vzápětí se stane klíčovým prvkem v podivné hře. Netuší, že se už dávno ocitl na okraji propasti a že ta propast je mnohem hlubší, než by čekal. Mrazivé podobenství o cestě do temnot, skrývajících se za nablýskanou reklamní realitou našeho světa.

Tancuj, tancuj, tancuj je voľným pokračovaním bestselleru Hon na ovcu. Hrdina príbehu sa vracia na Hokkaido, kde pred rokmi zažil dobrodružstvo pri hľadaní tajomnej ovce. Zároveň tam prišiel o svoju priateľku, ktorá zmizla z hotela Delfín bez stopy a už sa k nemu nikdy nevrátila. Rozhodne sa nájsť ju. Na mieste, kde voľakedy stál starý, ošarpaný hotel, stojí moderný, komfortný hotel Delfín. Po zamestnancoch starého hotela však niet nikde ani stopy. Jediným stvorením, ktoré naďalej prežíva v útrobách starého hotela, je Baran.Hlavný hrdina sa tiež stretáva s Gotandom, známou filmovou hviezdou. Ich stretnutie nie je náhodné. Ich kombinácia poukazuje na jednu z tienistých stránok súčasného života, ktorou je neúmerne veľký vplyv masmédií.

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 and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise theyve been acquainted through Eri, Maris beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help.Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is too perfect, too pure to be normal. pulse and respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months. Eri has become the classic myth - a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television´s plug has been pulled. Murakami, acclaimed master of the surreal, returns with a stunning new novel, where the familiar can become unfamiliar after midnight, even to those that thrive in small hours. With After Dark we journey beyond the twilight. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night?

Dans un bar, Mari est plongée dans un livre. Elle boit du thé, fume cigarette sur cigarette. Surgit alors un musicien qui la reconnaît. Au mme moment, dans une chambre, Eri, la sur de Mari, dort poings fermés, sans savoir que quelqu'un l'observe. Autour des deux surs vont défiler des personnages insolites : une prostituée blessée, une gérante d'hôtel vengeresse, un informaticien désabusé, une femme de chambre en fuite. Des événements bizarres vont survenir : une télévision qui se met brusquement en marche, un miroir qui garde les reflets... A mesure que l'intrigue progresse, le mystre se fait plus dense, suggérant l'existence d'un ordre des choses puissant et caché. Le temps d'une nuit, Haruki Murakami nous entraîne dans un Tokyo sombre, hypnotique, aux prémices d'un drame.

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 and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri, Mari's beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help.Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; pulse and respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth - a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television's plug has been pulled. Murakami, acclaimed master of the surreal, returns with a stunning new novel, where the familiar can become unfamiliar after midnight, even to those that thrive in small hours. With After Dark" we journey beyond the twilight. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night? "