Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1

Haruki Murakami`s stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami`s novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami`s best-loved short stories are available in graphic novel form in English. With their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami`s characteristic themes of loss, remorse and confusion, the four stories in this volume are: "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo": A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in this home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but Katagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming? "[This story has] such an engaging mix of realism and fantasy that it takes a while for you to realize what a sad undertow the story has and how much it says about Katagiri`s solitary life, his feelings of powerlessness and his dread of another quake." --The New York Times "Where I`m Likely to Find It": A woman`s husband goes missing so she hires detective. As the detective traces the man`s whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life. "A searching Kafkaesque parable about disappearance, loss and coping." -Kirkus Reviews "Birthday Girl": A woman tells her friend the story of a surreal encounter she has on her twentieth birthday with the owner of the restaurant where she works, who grants her a wish.