num_pages: 436
description: Alternate cover edition here.Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things we wish for. Whether during a chance reunion in Italy, a romantic exile in Greece, a holiday in Hawaii or in the grip of everyday life, Murakami's characters confront loss, or sexuality, or the glow of a firefly, or the impossible distance between those who ought to be closest of all.
language: English
title: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
titlecomplete: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Asia, Short Stories, Japan, Japanese Literature, Literature, Asian Literature, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 38335
places: Hawaii, Japan, Antarctica, South Pole, Singapore, Southeast Asia
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage Books USA