Review
'wonderfully original stories...whose momentum never slackens, carrying you effortlessly from one improbabl e twist to the next...This is all round audio entertainment at its very best.' -- Guardian 20080308 'An intimate pleasure' -- The Times 20080308 'Will undoubtedly confirm his reputation as literature's answer to David Lynch' -- Times Literary Supplement 20080308 'Unforgettable' -- New Statesman 20080308 'Excellent...always provocative and never less than engaging' -- Daily Telegraph 20080308 'By turns disturbing and delightful...every bit as substantial as a novel. They show him at his very best; not as a cult novelist but as a really first-rate writer of short fiction' -- Guardian 20080308
Product Description
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 night watchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's 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 and 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. "Blind Willow Sleeping Woman" is Murakami's most eclectic collection of stories to date, spanning five years of his writing.
