South of the Border, West of the Sun - A Novel (Paperback, 1st Vintage International ed)

In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the simple arc of a man's life--with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment--becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work.

Born in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime--beginning in Japanese--has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a fine marriage, two daughters, and an enviable career as the proprietor of two jazz clubs. Yet a nagging sense of inauthenticity about his success threatens Hajime's happiness. And a boyhood memory of a wise, lonely girl named Shimamoto clouds his heart.

When Shimamoto shows up one rainy night, now a breathtaking beauty with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime's quotidian existence begin to give way. And the details of stolen moments past and present--a Nat King Cole melody, a face pressed against a window, a handful of ashes drifting downriver to the sea--threaten to undo him completely. Rich, mysterious, quietly dazzling, South of the Border, West of the Sun is Haruki Murakami's wisest and most compelling fiction.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Vintage International
Release date:	March 2000
First published:	March 2000
Authors:	Haruki Murakami
Translators:	Philip Gabriel
Dimensions:	205 x 134 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	213
Edition:	1st Vintage International ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-76739-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-679-76739-8
Barcode:	9780679767398

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