by Haruki Murakami · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099481553
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Birthday Stories» is the anthology of short stories selected by Haruki Murakami, published by Vintage in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Anthology of twelve short stories in which Russell Banks, Raymond Carver, David Foster Wallace, Paul Theroux, William Trevor and other contemporary authors use a birthday as a starting point to explore the passage of time, memory and the mixed emotions this celebration awakens, from affectionate nostalgia to the impact of tragedy.
Initially published in Japanese translation, this English Vintage edition includes an introduction by Murakami written expressly for it.
An anthology intended for lovers of the contemporary short story and for followers of Haruki Murakami who wish to discover his work as an anthologist and other English-language storytellers.
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.
