Men Without Women: Stories

by Haruki Murakami

Philip Gabriel (Translator) and Ted Goossen (Translator)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers" (Barack Obama).

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all. In Men Without Women Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic, marked by the same wry humor and pathos that have defined his entire body of work.

• ISBN10: 0451494628
• ISBN13: 9780451494627
• Publish Date: 9 May 2017 (first published 3 November 2014)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 240
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451494627

Reviews

[Jyc]

★★★☆ // murakami’s short story collection about men experiencing intense emotional and life-altering changes after a woman vanishes from their lives can both be a hit or miss. he’s a great writer and i do love him, but he still has a few ways to go before he can really write something profound and non-restrictive about women. my favourites were Drive My Car, An Independent Organ, Kino, and Samsa in Love. Samsa, in particular, was a welcome surprise because it’s unusually optimistic for a murakami story.

[lovelybookshelf]

There were a lot of cringy male gaze moments in this collection but ehhh, it's Murakami. I freakin' love his stories, regardless.