Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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Translator:

Gabriel, Philip

Author:

Murakami, Haruki

ISBN:

978-1-4481-9095-9

Publication Date:

Aug 2014

Publisher:

Penguin Random House

Imprint:

CCV Digital

Book Format:

Digital (delivered electronically)

List Price:

AUD $19.99

Book Description:

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru...
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Book Details

Pages:	304
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary Fiction / Coming Of Age Fiction / Literary Fiction / Friendship

Author Biography

Murakami, Haruki (Translator)

Haruki Murakami was born on January 12, 1949 in Kyoto, Japan and studied at Tokyo's Waseda University. He opened a coffeehouse/jazz bar in the capital called Peter Cat with his wife. He became a full-time author following the publication of his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, in 1979.

He writes both fiction and non-fiction works. His fiction works include Norwegian Wood, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, The Strange Library, and Men Without Women. Several of his stories have been adapted for the stage and as films. His nonfiction works include What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. He has received numerous literary awards including the Franz Kafka Prize for Kafka on the Shore, the Yomiuri Prize for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and the Jerusalem Prize. He has translated into Japanese literature written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Truman Capote, John Irving, and Paul Theroux.

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