After the Quake


The six stories in Haruki Murakami’s mesmerizing collection are set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, when Japan became brutally aware of the fragility of its daily existence. But the upheavals that afflict Murakami’s characters are even deeper and more mysterious, emanating from a place where the human meets the inhuman.

An electronics salesman who has been abruptly deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package—and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who has been raised to view himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may or may not be his human father. A mild-mannered collection agent receives a visit from a giant talking frog who enlists his help in saving Tokyo from destruction. As haunting as dreams, as potent as oracles, the stories in After the Quake are further proof that Murakami is one of the most visionary writers at work today.

Author(s): Haruki Murakami  

ISBN 10: 0375713271
ISBN 13: 9780375713279
Pages: 160
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Other books by Haruki Murakami

1. 1Q84
2. 1Q84 : Books 1 and 2
3. 1Q84: 3 Volume Boxed Set
4. A Wild Sheep Chase
5. After Dark
6. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
7. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
8. Cronica del pájaro que da cuerda al mundo (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle)
9. Dance Dance Dance
10. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
11. Kafka on the Shore
12. Kafka on the Shore
13. Murakami Diary 2009
14. Norwegian Wood
15. Norwegian Wood
16. South of the Border, West of the Sun
17. Sputnik Sweetheart
18. The Elephant Vanishes
19. The Strange Library
20. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

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