{"product_id":"super-frog-saves-tokyo-haruki-murakami","title":"Super-Frog Saves Tokyo (Haruki Murakami)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated edition of Murakami's classic story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment. It was powerfully built, standing over six feet tall on its hind legs. A skinny little man no more than five foot three, Katagiri was overwhelmed by the frog's imposing bulk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Call me \"Frog,\"' said the frog in a clear, strong voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully illustrated and beautifully designed, this special edition of Murakami's celebrated short story sees the bewildered Katagiri find meaning in his humdrum life through joining forces with Frog in an effort to save Tokyo from an existential threat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No other author mixes domestic, fantastic and esoteric elements into such weirdly bewitching shades' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A master storyteller' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1978, \u003cb\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e was twenty-nine and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, \u003ci\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, won a new writers' award and was published the following year. More followed, including \u003ci\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHard-Boiled Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEnd of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, but it was \u003ci\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1987, that turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1Q84,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen Without Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Murakami's distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring his place as one of the world's most acclaimed and well-loved writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\nJay Rubin is the author of \u003ci\u003eInjurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaking Sense of Japanese\u003c\/i\u003e, and he edited \u003ci\u003eModern Japanese Writers\u003c\/i\u003e for the Scribner Writers Series. He has translated into English two novels by the Japanese writer Soseki Natsume, and also Haruki Murakami's \u003ci\u003eNorwegian Wood, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eafter the quake\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 96 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63441978720605,"sku":"K098596925","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/227016-9859692500001A.jpg?v=1771158633","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/super-frog-saves-tokyo-haruki-murakami","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}