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A moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chances

Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters.



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A story of love in a cool climate, intensely romantic and weepily beautiful...it is startlingly different: a true original * Guardian *
Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem * The Times *
This wise and beautiful book is full of hidden truths * New York Times *
This book aches...an eloquent treatise on the vertiginous, irrational powers of love and desire * Independent on Sunday *
Impressively written and structured... Above all, the novel is memorable for its unflinchingly extreme treatment of romantic love * Times Literary Supplement *

South of the Border West of the Sun

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A Paperback / softback by Haruki Murakami

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 01/06/2000
    ISBN13: 9780099448570, 978-0099448570
    ISBN10: 0099448572

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chances

    Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters.



    Trade Review
    A story of love in a cool climate, intensely romantic and weepily beautiful...it is startlingly different: a true original * Guardian *
    Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem * The Times *
    This wise and beautiful book is full of hidden truths * New York Times *
    This book aches...an eloquent treatise on the vertiginous, irrational powers of love and desire * Independent on Sunday *
    Impressively written and structured... Above all, the novel is memorable for its unflinchingly extreme treatment of romantic love * Times Literary Supplement *

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