Hear the Wind Sing

A new collection of Haruki Murakami stories. Overall, it’s autobiographical, but “who can say for sure what really happened to us back then?” It’s all memories, yet the themes touched upon remain relevant forever. It seems we all already know Haruki Murakami. But, it turns out, there are still stories the author wants to share. What are they about? About love and loneliness, about searching for the meaning of life—there are mystical coincidences, music, and baseball in them. Memories that stir the soul and what you probably can’t tell anyone else. For example, about how you chatted over a mug of beer with a talking monkey. Or about choosing a path: “If I’d chosen something else, I wouldn’t be here. But then who is reflected in the mirror?” That’s what Haruki Murakami is like—one wants to grieve with him, to be surprised by miracles, to be honest with oneself, to recall one’s own mystical coincidences in life. You’ll want to listen again to the Beatles, jazz, and Schumann’s “Carnival.”