Fiction In Translation

translated by Alfred Birnbaum A marvellous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched...

translated by Philip Gabriel An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, from the incomparable, bestselling author...

Kafka on the Shore displays one of the world's great storytellers at the peak of his powers. Here we meet a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who is on th...

translated by Jay Rubin In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat.  Soon he finds himself looking for his...

translated by Jay RubinToru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective...

translated by Alfred Birnbaum Dance Dance Dance—a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase—is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami's...

translated by Alfred Birnbaum In this hyperkinetic and relentlessly inventive novel, Japan’s most popular (and controversial) fiction writer hurtle...

translated by Philip Gabriel An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the remarkable story ...

In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, h...

Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. K is madly in love with h...