Reality bends all the more acutely with lack of sleep in this stunning new novel from the master of the surreal. Murakami's previous collection of short stories }Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman{ has sold over 40,000 copies in hardback and trade paperback, and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. For his many acclaimed and wonderful novels, which include }Norwegian Wood{, }The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle{ and }Kafka On The Shore{, Murakami was recently awarded the Franz Kafka Award for 'exceptional literary criticism'. 'Cool, fluent and addictive' }Daily Telegraph Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal;
