by Haruki Murakami · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860468254
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«Sputnik Sweetheart» is the contemporary fiction novel by Haruki Murakami, published by Alfred A Knopf in paperback (229 pages, in English).
K, the narrator, is in love with Sumire, a young writer who is attracted to Miu, an older, sophisticated businesswoman. When Sumire disappears without a trace on a Greek island, K joins the search and is plunged into unsettling visions where reality and desire blur.
Novel originally published in 1999 in Japan; this English edition, translated by Philip Gabriel, was published in 2001.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and Japanese literature who appreciate love stories with surrealist elements.
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.
