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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

A Novel

Haruki Murakami

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 5, 2015

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the most revered voices in literature today gives us a story of love, friend­ship, and heartbreak for the ages. “Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.”—Entertainment Weekly Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the remarkable story of a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present.

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Who it’s for
A love-and-heartbreak story where dreams complicate the work of facing the past.
Themes
Love and friendship, Grief and loss, Mending the present
Genres
Japanese Fiction, Magical Realism, Psychological Fiction

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the most revered voices in literature today gives us a story of love, friend­ship, and heartbreak for the ages.

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“Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.”—Entertainment Weekly Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the remarkable story of a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Financial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Slate, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, BookPage

Memory and Mending

A love-and-heartbreak story where dreams complicate the work of facing the past.

Come here for

  • A searching journey through loss, friendship, and what remains unresolved
  • Dreams and nightmares with consequences beyond the dreamer

Expect

  • An immersive, emotionally charged story
  • A past-facing journey toward mending the present

Where it sits

Japanese Fiction75%
Magical Realism65%
Psychological Fiction41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Fantasy
  • Literary Fiction
  • Coming-of-Age
Authors
Haruki Murakami
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
May 5, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Love and friendship · Grief and loss · Mending the present
Reading lane
Contemporary Fantasy