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Zusatztext “Ushers the reader into a hallucinatory world where the real and surreal merge and overlap! where dreams and real-life nightmares are impossible to tell apart.” —Michiko Kakutani! The New York Times “His characters are so persuasive! and the storytelling so spacious. . . . Murakami’s crisp! accomplished stories in After the Quake have great immediacy.” — The Seattle Times “One of the great Japanese exports.” — Details “Unexpectedly powerful. . . . Moving.” — The New York Times Book Review “Both mysterious and somehow quite familiar .” – Alan Cheuse! San Francisco Chronicle “In these stories . . . Murakami proves himself to be almost as fantastic–and as heroic–as his creations.” – Elle “Trim! beautiful! diamond sharp! and profoundly layered in . . . mystical symbolism and daily absurdities. Murakami’s evocations of grace and possible redemption are startling! dangerous! and moving.” – O! The Oprah Magazine “Spare yet richly mysterious and emotionally prismatic! these unpredictable tales explore the subtle ways the earthquake affected those who live far from its epicenter yet who are nonetheless shaken to their very core. . . .Haunting.” – Booklist (starred review) “Murakami has written a series of deeply evocative stories.” – Tulsa Today “The stories here are well-crafted and lyrical . . . They are sometimes absurd! sometimes quite funny! but they all have real epiphanies and real moments of feeling.” – Rocky Mountain News Informationen zum Autor HARUKI MURAKAMI was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and one of the most recent of his many international honors is the Cino Del Duca World Prize, whose previous recipients include Jorge Luis Borges, Ismail Kadare, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Joyce Carol Oates. Klappentext Set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, the mesmerizing stories in After the Quake are as haunting as dreams and as potent as oracles. An electronics salesman who has been deserted by his wife agrees to deliver an enigmatic package- and is rewarded with a glimpse of his true nature. A man who views himself as the son of God pursues a stranger who may 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. The six stories in this collection come from the deep and mysterious place where the human meets the inhuman-and are further proof that Murakami is one of the most visionary writers at work today.UFO IN KUSHIRO Five straight days she spent in front of the television, staring at crumbled banks and hospitals, whole blocks of stores in flames, severed rail lines and expressways. She never said a word. Sunk deep in the cushions of the sofa, her mouth clamped shut, she wouldn't answer when Komura spoke to her. She wouldn't shake her head or nod. Komura could not be sure the sound of his voice was even getting through to her. Komura's wife came from way up north in Yamagata and, as far as he knew, she had no friends or relatives who could have been hurt in Kobe. Yet she stayed rooted in front of the television from morning to night. In his presence, at least, she ate nothing and drank nothing and never went to the toilet. Aside from an occasional flick of the remote control to change the channel, she hardly moved a muscle. Komura would make his own toast and coffee, and head off to work. When he came home in the evening, he'd fix himself a snack with whatever he found in the refrigerator and eat alone. She'd still be glaring at the late news when he dropped off to sleep. A stone wall of silence surrounded her. Komura gave up trying to break through. When he came home from ...
