by Haruki Murakami · DuMont Buchverlag GmbH · tapa dura · ISBN 9783832168230
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«Honigkuchen» is the story by Haruki Murakami illustrated by Kat Menschik, published by DuMont Buchverlag in hardcover (77 pages, in German).
Junpei writes stories about unrequited love and has been in love with Sayoko for years, married to his best friend. After divorcing, Sayoko raises her daughter Sara alone, and Junpei becomes her support. When an earthquake awakens terrible nightmares in Sara, only Junpei's stories, like the one about the bear and his best friend, manage to calm her.
Translation by Ursula Gräfe; published on October 10, 2023. The story was published as «Honigkuchen: Erzählung».
For readers of contemporary Japanese fiction and illustrated short stories.
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.
