by Haruki Murakami · Non Basic Stock Line · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099520863
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«After Dark» is the novel by Haruki Murakami, published by Non Basic Stock Line in paperback (201 pages, in English).
The narrative takes place over a single late night in Tokyo: Mari, a student, meets a musician in a café and is drawn into helping a woman injured in a nearby hotel. Meanwhile, her sister Eri remains in an abnormally deep sleep, and inexplicable things happen in her room. Murakami combines urban nightlife with surrealism, loneliness and human connection.
The original Japanese was published in 2004. English translation by Jay Rubin. Finalist for the Dublin Literary Award 2009.
For readers of contemporary Japanese fiction and fantasy fiction, particularly followers of Haruki Murakami.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
