{"product_id":"haruki-murakami-manga-stories-1-super-frog-saves","title":"Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves","description":"\u003cb\u003eHaruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are available in graphic novel form in English. \u003ci\u003eHaruki Murakami Manga Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is one of three short story compilations, which present a total of 9 short stories from Murakami's bestselling collections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's characteristic themes of loss, remorse and confusion, the four stories in this volume are: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuper-Frog Saves Tokyo: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in this home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but Katagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming? [This story has] such an engaging mix of realism and fantasy that it takes a while for you to realize what a sad undertow the story has and how much it says about Katagiri's solitary life, his feelings of powerlessness and his dread of another quake. --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere I'm Likely to Find It: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A woman's husband goes missing so she hires detective. As the detective traces the man's whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life. A searching Kafkaesque parable about disappearance, loss and coping. --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirthday Girl: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A woman tells her friend the story of a surreal encounter she has on her twentieth birthday with the owner of the restaurant where she works, who grants her a wish. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Man: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The story of a man scarred by the death of his childhood friend in a tsunami. Although Murakami's style and deadpan humour are wonderfully distinctive, his emotional territory is more familiar--remorse, unresolved confusion, sudden epiphanies--though heightened by the surreal. In \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Man\u003c\/i\u003e, one of his saddest stories, the narrator recalls the wave that reared up during a freak storm and engulfed his childhood friend. --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese new graphic versions of classic Murakami short stories will be devoured by his fans and will provide a new window onto his work for a new generation of readers not yet familiar with it! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Recommended for readers ages 16+ due to mature themes and graphic content**\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609588125865,"sku":"PHBK-9784805317648","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_d0302799-5fab-43f4-8ff2-5d04774b4068.jpg?v=1764715671","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/haruki-murakami-manga-stories-1-super-frog-saves","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}