141 reactions · 16 shares | HARUKI MURAKAMI’S KILLING COMMENDATORE From the author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a surreal tale of a mysterious painting, a faceless man and an owl in the attic. | Haruki Murakami | Facebook

The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios, an encounter with a talking monkey and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself is present. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. | H