Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an iceman, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece.

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicles comes this superb collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakami's mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane,these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and relentlessly entertaining.Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an iceman, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii, or in the grip of everyday life, Murakami's characters confront grievous loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distances between those who ought to be closest of all.

Introduction to the English Edition

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Birthday Girl

New York Mining Disaster

Airplane: Or, How He Talked to Himself as If Reciting Poetry

The Mirror

A Folklore for My Generation: A ere-History of Late-Stage Capitalism

Hunting Knife

A Perfect Day for Kangaroos

Dabchick

Man-Eating Cats

A "Poor Aunt" Story

Nausea 1979

The Seventh Man

The Year of Spaghetti

Tony Takitani

The Rise and Fall of Sharpie Cakes

The Ice Man

Crabs

Fefly

Chance Traveler

Hanalei Bay

Where I'm Likely to Find It

The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day

A Shinagawa Monkey