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Sputnik Sweetheart

a deluxe gift edition of Murakami’s masterful tale of unrequited love
By Haruki Murakami
Series: Murakami Collectible Classics
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami follows the story of K, a primary school teacher whose unrequited love for his best friend Sumire becomes entangled with her own passion for an enigmatic woman named Miu. The narrative unfolds with mystery and introspection as the characters explore themes of loneliness, identity, and the complexities of human connection. Through Sumire's unexpected disappearance, the novel delves into surreal elements, blending reality and dreamlike experiences.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring themes of love, longing, and personal discovery through a surreal and dreamlike narrative. You might appreciate the intricate character relationships and the introspective journey that challenges conventional notions of identity and connection. Fans of Haruki Murakami will likely find the subtle blend of reality and the fantastical compelling and thought-provoking.

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A special hardback edition of Murakami's classic love story, Sputnik Sweetheart. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author.

A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's classic mystery story about love, the cosmos, and other fictional universes, now with a new introduction by the author.

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots, like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in lifeβ€”what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile, K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek islandβ€”Sumire has mysteriously vanished...

'Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world' Time Out

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ISBN: 9781529913569

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

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  • Introduction by Haruki Murakami

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 143.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 357g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Haruki Murakami (Author, Introducer) In 1978, Haruki Murakami was twenty-nine and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers' award and was published the following year. More followed, including A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but it was Norwegian Wood, published in 1987, that turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. In works such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running and Men Without Women, Murakami's distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring his place as one of the world's most acclaimed and well-loved writers.

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