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Original Title:	めくらやなぎと、眠る女 [Mekurayanagi to, nemuru onna]
ISBN:	1400044618 (ISBN13: 9781400044610)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Japan South Pole(Antarctica) Singapore …more Hawaii(United States) …less
Literary Awards:	Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006), Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2007)

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Hardcover | Pages: 333 pages

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Title	:	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Author	:	Haruki Murakami
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 333 pages
Published	:	August 29th 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf (first published July 2006)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature

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Collection of twenty-four stories that generously expresses Murakami’s mastery of the form. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and relentlessly entertaining. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an iceman, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we might wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii, or in the grip of everyday life, Murakami’s characters confront grievous loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distances between those who ought to be closest of all.

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Mekurayanagi to Nemuru Onna = Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki MurakamiBlind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection of 24 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Contents: "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman", "Birthday Girl", "New York Mining Disaster", "Aeroplane: Or, How He Talked to Himself as If Reciting Poetry", "The Mirror", "A Folklore for My Generation: A Prehistory of Late-Stage Capitalism", "Hunting Knife", "A Perfect Day for Kangaroos", "Dabchick", "Man-Eating Cats", "A 'Poor

Only Murakami can write a poignant story about a monkey stealing people's names. I concur with Goodreaders who've given this collection otherwise mediocre reviews that with the exception of "Birthday Girl" in the beginning, the most complete and fulfilling stories are all lumped right at the end. "Chance Traveler," "The Kidney Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day," and "A Shinagawa Monkey" are excellent, especially if you're as disheartened by the rest of the collection as I was. I'm surprised that

I confess most of the stories didn't make any sense to me and this being my first Murakami, I felt a bit disappointed too. But was glad that I could finally finish reading something I had started. In that sense it was a breather of sorts.

3.5 star's

This was an enjoyable read, 24 short stories some of them were deeply random and some were great. Most of the story had this really deep meaning that you do not catch right away.

Read more Reviews at Reviewing Shelf.Murakami. *Sigh* Here we go. After two full length novels and two short story books, I am beginning to get Murakami. No no, don't get me wrong. No one can 'get' Murakami (not me, at least). I have even come to doubt if Murakami gets Murakami! What I mean is that I have made my peace with him. So while Kafka on the shore had me pulling my hair (read more about that here) and wanting to hunt Murakami down (which I tried to unsuccessfully, on my trip to Japan),

I had heard a great deal about Murakami and I borrowed this book from my friend. Reading this book was such a great experience. The stories are so different from the work that I usually read and have a surreal dreamlike quality about them. I cannot help but feel that I may have not been able to comprehend some of the metaphors used. Nevertheless, I enjoyed most of the stories included in this book.People are complex, emotions and human behavior might not follow logic always. Beneath the façade