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The stories, lucidly translated by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin, display the author’s (all right, his characters’) wide range of reading and interests. Murakami is the most international voice among the current generation of Japanese novelists…. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition of this collection of 17 of Murakami’s short stories, boldy signed “haruki” on the title page and with the author’s chop stamp.
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