Enigmatic encounters weave an otherworldly midnight tapestry.
Imagine walking the dimly lit streets of Tokyo's after-hours, where reality blurs with the surreal. Haruki Murakami's "After Dark" guides you on a spellbinding journey through the magical hours between midnight and dawn. As the lives of diverse characters intersect, you'll be immersed in an enchanting world of mysterious encounters and haunting beauty. Surrender to the hypnotic ambiance and let this book transport you to a realm suspended between dreams and reality.
ISBN: 9780307278739
Authors:
Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2008-04-29
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.74
(rated by 160354 readers)
Description
A sleek, gripping novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the spooky hours between midnight and dawn, by an internationally renowned literary phenomenon. Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery. Combining the pyrotechnical genius that made "Kafka on the Shore" and "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" international bestsellers, with a surprising infusion of heart, Murakami has produced one of his most enchanting fictions yet.At its center are two sisters—Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny’s toward people whose lives are radically alien to her own: a jazz trombonist who claims they’ve met before, a burly female “love hotel” manager and her maid staff, and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These “night people” are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Eri’s slumber—mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime—will either restore or annihilate her.After Dark moves from mesmerizing drama to metaphysical speculation, interweaving time and space as well as memory and perspective into a seamless exploration of human agency—the interplay between self-expression and empathy, between the power of observation and the scope of compassion and love. Murakami’s trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.
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