After Dark

After DarkThe musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri Mari's beautiful sister. a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help.. Men Without Women Stories FEATURING THE SHORT STORY THAT INSPIRED OSCAR-WINNING FILM DRIVE MY CARDISCOVER THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION THAT GAVE THE WORLD DRIVE MY CAR THE BAFTA AND OSCAR WINNING FILM A dazzling Sunday Times bestselling collection of short stories from the beloved internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami. Across seven tales Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who in their own ways find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars lonely hearts and mysterious women baseball and the Beatles woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humour that has defined his entire body of work in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic. 'Supremely enjoyable philosophical and pitch-perfect new collection of short stories...Murakami has a marvelous understanding of youth and age' Observer 'Murakami at his whimsical romantic best' Financial Times <p>The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri, Mari's beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return before dawn. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help. <br><br>Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; pulse and respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporfic state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth - a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television's plug has been pulled.<br><br>Murakami, acclaimed master of the surreal, returns with a stunning new novel, where the familiar can become unfamiliar after midnight, even to those that thrive in small hours. With After Dark we journey beyond the twilight. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night?</p>...See More