Yume de Aimashou 1981 - - 象の消滅 Zō no shōmetsu (2005) The Elephant Vanishes (17 stories, 1980–1991) 1993 神の子どもたちはみな踊る Kami no kodomo-tachi wa mina odoru 2000 After the Quake (6 stories, 1999–2000) 2002 めくらやなぎと眠る女 Mekurayanagi to nemuru onna (2009) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (24 stories, 1980–2005) 2006 女のいない男たち Onna no inai otokotachi 2014 Men Without Women (7 stories, 2013–2014) 2017 List of stories Original publication English publication Year Title Title Collected/reprinted in 1980 中国行きのスロウ・ボート Chūgoku-yuki no surō bōto "A Slow Boat to China" The Elephant Vanishes 貧乏な叔母さんの話 Binbō na obasan no hanashi "A 'Poor Aunt' Story" ( The New Yorker , December 3, 2001) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 1981 ニューヨーク炭鉱の悲劇 Nyū Yōku tankō no higeki "New York Mining Disaster" [1990] ( The New Yorker , January 11, 1999) スパゲティーの年に Supagetī no toshi ni "The Year of Spaghetti" ( The New Yorker , November 21, 2005) 四月のある晴れた朝に100パーセントの女の子に出会うことについて Shigatsu no aru hareta asa ni 100-paasento no onna no ko ni deau koto ni tsuite "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning" The Elephant Vanishes かいつぶり Kaitsuburi "Dabchick" Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman カンガルー日和 Kangarū biyori "A Perfect Day for Kangaroos" カンガルー通信 Kangarū tsūshin "The Kangaroo Communiqué" The Elephant Vanishes 1982 午後の最後の芝生 Gogo no saigo no shibafu "The Last Lawn of the Afternoon" 1983 鏡 Kagami "The Mirror" Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman とんがり焼の盛衰 Tongari-yaki no seisui "The Rise and Fall of Sharpie Cakes" 螢 Hotaru "Firefly" 納屋を焼く Naya o yaku "Barn Burning" ( The New Yorker , November 2, 1992) The Elephant Vanishes 1984 蟹 (within 野球場 ) Kani (within Yakyūjō ) "Crabs" [2003] Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 嘔吐1979 Ōto 1979 "Nausea 1979" ハンティング・ナイフ Hantingu naifu = Hunting knife "Hunting Knife" ( The New Yorker , November 17, 2003) 踊る小人 Odoru kobito "The Dancing Dwarf" The Elephant Vanishes 1985 レーダーホーゼン Rēdāhōzen = Lederhosen "Lederhosen" パン屋再襲撃 Pan'ya saishūgeki "The Second Bakery Attack" 象の消滅 Zō no shōmetsu " The Elephant Vanishes " ( The New Yorker , November 18, 1991) ファミリー・アフェア Famirī afea = Family affair "Family Affair" 1986 ローマ帝国の崩壊・一八八一年のインディアン蜂起・ヒットラーのポーランド侵入・そして強風世界 Rōma-teikoku no hōkai・1881-nen no Indian hōki・Hittorā no Pōrando shinnyū・soshite kyōfū sekai "The Fall of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Uprising, Hitler's Invasion of Poland, and the Realm of Raging Winds" ねじまき鳥と火曜日の女たち Nejimaki-dori to kayōbi no onnatachi "The Wind-up Bird And Tuesday's Women" ( The New Yorker , November 26, 1990) 1989 眠り Nemuri "Sleep" ( The New Yorker , March 30, 1992) TVピープル TV pīpuru = TV people "TV People" ( The New Yorker , September 10, 1990) 飛行機―あるいは彼はいかにして詩を読むようにひとりごとを言ったか Hikōki: arui wa kare wa ika ni shite shi o yomu yō ni hitorigoto o itta ka "Aeroplane: Or, How He Talked to Himself as if Reciting Poetry" [1987] ( The New Yorker , July 1, 2002) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 我らの時代のフォークロア―高度資本主義前史 Warera no jidai no fōkuroa: kōdo shihonshugi zenshi "A Folklore for My Generation: A Prehistory of Late-Stage Capitalism" 1990 トニー滝谷 Tonii Takitani "Tony Takitani" ( The New Yorker , April 15, 2002) 1991 沈黙 Chinmoku "The Silence" The Elephant Vanishes 窓 Mado "A Window" [1982] 緑色の獣 Midori-iro no kemono "The Little Green Monster" 氷男 Kōri otoko "The Ice Man" Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 人喰い猫 Hito-kui neko "Man-Eating Cats" ( The New Yorker , December 4, 2000) 1995 めくらやなぎと、眠る女 Mekurayanagi to, nemuru onna "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" [1983] 1996 七番目の男 Nanabanme no otoko "The Seventh Man" 1999 UFOが釧路に降りる UFO ga Kushiro ni oriru "UFO in Kushiro" ( The New Yorker , March 19, 2001) after the quake アイロンのある風景 Airon no aru fūkei "Landscape with Flatiron" 神の子どもたちはみな踊る Kami no kodomotachi wa mina odoru "All God's Children Can Dance" タイランド Tairando = Thailand "Thailand" かえるくん、東京を救う Kaeru-kun, Tōkyō o sukuu "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" 2000 蜂蜜パイ Hachimitsu pai "Honey Pie" ( The New Yorker , August 20, 2001) 2002 バースデイ・ガール Bāsudei gāru = Birthday girl " Birthday Girl " Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 2005 偶然の旅人 Gūzen no tabibito "Chance Traveller" ハナレイ・ベイ Hanar ei Bei = Hanal ei Bay "Hanalei Bay" どこであれそれが見つかりそうな場所で Doko de are sore ga mitsukarisō na basho de "Where I'm Likely to Find It" ( The New Yorker , May 2, 2005) 日々移動する腎臓のかたちをした石 Hibi idō suru jinzō no katachi o shita ishi "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day" 品川猿 Shinagawa saru "A Shinagawa Monkey" ( The New Yorker , February 13, 2006) 2011 — "Town of Cats" (Excerpt from 1Q84 ) ( The New Yorker , September 5, 2011) 2013 — "A Walk to Kobe" ( Granta , issue 124, Summer 2013) — {{ cite journal }} : Cite has empty unknown parameters: | 1= and | authormask= ( help ) Men Without Women — "Drive My Car" 2014 — "Yesterday" ( The New Yorker , June 9, 2014) — "Scheherazade" ( The New Yorker , October 13, 2014) 2015 — "Kino" ( The New Yorker , February 23, 2015) Essays and nonfiction