The New York Times Book Review An agonizing, sweet story about the power and the pain of love. Chicago Tribune Murakami has an unmatched gift for turning psychological metaphors into uncanny narratives. Los Angeles Magazine Murakami is a genius. never written anything more openly emotional. Review Quotes Grabs you from its opening lines. Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party-and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. Book Synopsis Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. But her devotion to an untidy writerly life precludes any personal commitments. In an urbane Japan of jazz bars, Jack Kerouac, and the Beatles, a college student, falls in love with Summire. About the Book Combining the seductions of Norwegian Wood with the complex mysteries of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, here is Murakami at his most intriguing, mystifying, and satisfying.
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