East Asian Literary Fiction
by Haruki Murakami · Rat series
Murakami's debut novel follows an unnamed twenty-one-year-old student on summer vacation in his hometown in August 1970. He drifts through days spent with his friend the Rat, a girl with four fingers, and a local bartender, capturing the aimlessness and melancholy of youth. A quietly lyrical beginning to a legendary career.
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