Killing Commendatore: A novel

Haruki Murakami

Oct 2018 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art—from one of our greatest writers. • “Exhilarating ... magical.” —The Washington Post

When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he secludes himself in the mountain home of a world famous artist. One day, the young painter hears a noise from the attic, and upon investigation, he discovers a previously unseen painting. By unearthing this hidden work of art, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances; and to close it, he must undertake a perilous journey into a netherworld that only Haruki Murakami could conjure.

Ratings and reviews

Am a big fan of the author and the way he can describe buildings cities and towns so well that you can picture them in your mind. A little too long for my taste but still an excellent read.

One of my favorites, although I agree that it feels dissatisfying at the end. I love the characters, the slight tension throughout, the fantasy element. It is very much a Murakami world and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Easy fun read. Pleasant distraction with some relatable internal struggles and a creative supernatural journey.

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.