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After The Quake

By Haruki Murakami

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| eBook | 9781448103645

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Book Description

The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. For the characters in After the Quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent thirty years hating one man: a lover who destroyed her chances of hContinue

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The earth moved

After the Quake by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin 132pp, Harvill, £10 "The short story is on the way out. Like the slide rule," pronounces Junpei, a dedicated practitioner of the form who falters over a greater length, and if Haruki Murakam ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

After the Quake

Haruki Murakami is one of the most well known Japanese novelists still living, but his small collection of six short stories, ‘After The Quake’, is a good intro to this writer. The book’s stories revolve around the brief time between a January, 1995 ... (read full critics)

laurahird published on Fri, 10 Sep 2010

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1 Review

"You know something", she said
"I'm completely empty"
"yeah?"
"yeah"
She closed here eyes and before she knew it, tears were flowing down here cheeks.
A good collection of short stories from Murakami. Only disappointment is brevity.

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