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South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Poignant tale of love, nostalgia, and choice.
If you're drawn to stories that explore deep emotional landscapes and the complexities of past relationships, "South of the Border, West of the Sun" could be a hauntingly beautiful journey for you. Haruki Murakami has crafted a world where memories and what-ifs intertwine, potentially resonating with anyone who's ever pondered the roads not taken in their own life.
- Ein Buch für die Stadt (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780679767398
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2000-03-14
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.86
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Born in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a fine marriage, two daughters, and an enviable career as the proprietor of two jazz clubs. Yet a nagging sense of inauthenticity about his success threatens Hajime's happiness. A boyhood memory of a wise, lonely girl named Shimamoto clouds his heart. In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the simple arc of a man's life - with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment - becomes the exquisite literary tableau of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work. When Shimamoto shows up one rainy night, now a breathtaking beauty with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime's quotidian existence begin to give way. The details of stolen moments past and present - a Nat King Cole melody, a face pressed against a window, a handful of ashes drifting downriver to the sea - threaten to undo him completely. Rich, mysterious, quietly dazzling, South of the Border, West of the Sun is Haruki Murakami's wisest and most compelling work.
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Poignant tale of love, nostalgia, and choice.
If you're drawn to stories that explore deep emotional landscapes and the complexities of past relationships, "South of the Border, West of the Sun" could be a hauntingly beautiful journey for you. Haruki Murakami has crafted a world where memories and what-ifs intertwine, potentially resonating with anyone who's ever pondered the roads not taken in their own life.
- Ein Buch für die Stadt (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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