{"product_id":"haruki-murakami-manga-stories-1-super-frog-saves-tokyo-where-im-likely-to-find-it-birthday-girl-the-seventh-man","title":"Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1 - Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely To Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki\u003cbr\u003eMurakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies\u003cbr\u003eworldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first\u003cbr\u003etime, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are available in graphic\u003cbr\u003enovel form in English. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1 is the first of\u003cbr\u003ethree volumes, which will present a total of 9 short stories from\u003cbr\u003eMurakami's bestselling collections. With their trademark mix of realism and\u003cbr\u003efantasy, centering around Murakami's characteristic themes of loss, remorse\u003cbr\u003eand confusion, the four stories in this volume are: \"Super-Frog Saves\u003cbr\u003eTokyo\": A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in\u003cbr\u003ethis home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but\u003cbr\u003eKatagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming? \"[This story\u003cbr\u003ehas] such an engaging mix of realism and fantasy that it takes a while for\u003cbr\u003eyou to realize what a sad undertow the story has and how much it says about\u003cbr\u003eKatagiri's solitary life, his feelings of powerlessness and his dread of\u003cbr\u003eanother quake.\" --The New York Times \"Where I'm Likely to Find It\": A\u003cbr\u003ewoman's husband goes missing so she hires detective. As the detective\u003cbr\u003etraces the man's whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life.\u003cbr\u003e\"A searching Kafkaesque parable about disappearance, loss and coping.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Kirkus Reviews \"Birthday Girl\": A woman tells her friend the story of a\u003cbr\u003esurreal encounter she has on her twentieth birthday with the owner of the\u003cbr\u003erestaurant where she works, who grants her a wish. The Seventh Man: The\u003cbr\u003estory of a man scarred by the death of his childhood friend in a tsunami.\u003cbr\u003e\"Although Murakami's style and deadpan humour are wonderfully distinctive,\u003cbr\u003ehis emotional territory is more familiar--remorse, unresolved confusion,\u003cbr\u003esudden epiphanies--though heightened by the surreal. In 'The Seventh Man,'\u003cbr\u003eone of his saddest stories, the narrator recalls the wave that reared up\u003cbr\u003eduring a freak storm and engulfed his childhood friend.\"--The Guardian This\u003cbr\u003enovel visual take on these classic Murakami stories will be devoured by his\u003cbr\u003efans and provide a new window onto his work for younger readers not yet\u003cbr\u003efamiliar with it! **Recommended for readers ages 16+ due to mature themes\u003cbr\u003eand graphic content**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Haruki Murakami\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: チャールズ・イー・タトル出版\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48390858146073,"sku":"X36553","price":27.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48390858178841,"sku":"X36553","price":24.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":48390858211609,"sku":"X36553","price":21.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":48390858244377,"sku":"X36553","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/files\/content_c84436b6-d6b8-43c9-ab47-b158004eb3af.jpg?v=1717670346","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/haruki-murakami-manga-stories-1-super-frog-saves-tokyo-where-im-likely-to-find-it-birthday-girl-the-seventh-man","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}