The new Murakami novel arrives in Peru

Murakami’s new novel in six years will be available starting today, Wednesday, March 13, for readers in Spanish, the second language into which it is translated after its successful publication in Japan in 2023.

The city and its uncertain walls It’s a wonderful fever dream. A dream that shows that hope, longing and desire (and of course daring) are enough to break down the implacable walls that separate us from others. Although it may take us a lifetime to achieve it. It is also a melancholic and philosophical novel about lost love, about identity and self-discovery.

About the book: Little does the young protagonist of this novel imagine that the girl he has fallen in love with is about to disappear from his life. They met during a contest between students from different institutes, and they don’t get to see each other very often. In their meetings, sitting under the wisteria in a park or walking along the banks of a river, the young woman tells him about a strange walled city, located in another world; Little by little she confesses her disturbing feeling that her true self is in that mysterious city. Suddenly, in the fall, the protagonist receives a letter from her that may mean farewell to her, and that plunges him into deep sadness. Years will have to pass before he can glimpse any possibility of finding her again. And yet, that city, as she described it, exists. Because everything is possible in this amazing universe where reality, identity, dreams and shadows fluctuate and escape the rigid limits of logic.

Given: If you want to experience an unforgettable encounter between the Murakami universe and the music that characterizes it, we invite you to the Murakami Sessions this Tuesday, March 19 at 7:00 pm at Librería Sur. With the special participation of Elisa Tokeshi.

Haruki Murakami (Kyoto, 1949) is one of the few Japanese authors who have made the leap from prestigious writer to best-selling author around the world. Tusquets Editores has published all of his novels —Tokyo blues. Norwegian Wood, Chronicle of the Bird that Winds the World, 1Q84 y The death of the commanderamong others—, five books of stories, and essays such as Underground, What I talk about when I talk about running, What I talk about when I talk about writing o Music, only musicplus two beautifully illustrated stories: The birthday girl y Tony Takitani. Murakami has received numerous awards, including the Noma, the Tanizaki, the Yomiuri, the Franz Kafka, the Jerusalem Prize and the Hans Christian Andersen, and his name is repeatedly heard as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In Spain he has received the Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize, the Order of Arts and Letters (awarded by the Spanish Government), the Catalunya International Prize 2011 and, recently, the Princess of Asturias Prize for Letters 2023.

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