South of the Border, West of the Sun

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780099448570 Author(s): Haruki Murakami Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2000 Publisher: Vintage Publishing Pages: 192 Series: Harvill Secker

Description: 'Casablanca remade Japanese-style'- a moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chancesA moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chancesGrowing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch.Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting, he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.'Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem' The Times

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