Men Without Women: Stories

Haruki Murakami

May 2017 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers" (Barack Obama).

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked by the same wry humor and pathos that have defined his entire body of work.

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed this book. My favorite stories were Gregor Samsa and Kino. These stories are all murakami no doubt, but they feel like different versions of murakami. Like he's taken all his feeling and the "essence" of certain times in his life to write these characters and give their stories their moods. This is a collection that is probably best for people who are already fans of murakami

This has all of the familiar hallmarks of M's work, from old jazz records to stray cats. There are also a few things that are new as well. Maybe it's a certain pessimism regarding encounters between men and women, a kind of melancholy. A little dark for my taste, but still great nonetheless.

Haruki Marukami tell the stories about relationship through this book, easy to read, deep to understand. :)

About the author

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, whose previous recipients include J. K. Rowling, Isabel Allende, and Salman Rushdie.
www.harukimurakami.com