Mysteries of Tokyo (Tokyo Kitansho)
Original Title: 東京奇譚集
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Viche Book
Hardcover | 280 pages | 192*132mm
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About This Book
"Black and White" Volume 55.
A woman searching for her husband who mysteriously vanished between the 24th and 26th floors of an apartment building. A man who meets one of the three most meaningful women one can encounter in life. A woman who suddenly can’t remember anything except her own name...
In Tokyo Kitansho (東京奇譚集, Tokyo Strange Tales), Haruki Murakami presents a collection of short stories that capture surreal, peculiar, and strangely beautiful moments—often set in the cracks of ordinary life where light and warmth seem to disappear. The characters are seemingly ordinary people, yet they find themselves in unexpected, mysterious encounters that are deeply evocative of Murakami’s signature style.
The five stories—"Chance Traveler," "Hanalei Bay," "Where I’m Likely to Find It," "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day," and "A Shinagawa Monkey"—each bear intriguing titles that reflect their enigmatic nature.
As the author mentioned in an interview, Tokyo Kitansho was written in a light, flowing rhythm right after completing the novel Kafka on the Shore and the novella After Dark. These stories are compact yet intense, offering a raw, unfiltered appeal that has led critics to call them “the most quintessentially Murakami-like stories.”
Upon release, the book shot to No. 1 on Amazon Japan’s overall bestseller list. Stories from the collection were also published in major outlets like Harper’s Magazine and The New Yorker, drawing widespread acclaim beyond Japan and into English-speaking countries and Europe. In particular, the English-language collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, which includes these stories, went on to win the World’s Richest Short Story Prize, powerfully affirming the global resonance of Murakami’s literary voice.
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