Hardcover, 191 pages
English language
Published Aug. 8, 2007 by Knopf.
In After Dark—a gripping novel of late night encounters—Murakami’s trademark humor and psychological insight are distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.
Nineteen-year-old Mari is waiting out the night in an anonymous Denny’s when she meets a young man who insists he knows her older sister, thus setting her on an odyssey through the sleeping city. In the space of a single night, the lives of a diverse cast of Tokyo residents—models, prostitutes, mobsters, and musicians—collide in a world suspended between fantasy and reality. Utterly enchanting and infused with surrealism, After Dark is a thrilling account of the magical hours separating midnight from dawn.
A lovely book with nice stories. I'm thinking, anybody should read one Murakami - book in the life. But better two
Short read. Decent.
First book of Murakami's that I have read. I like his terse, cinematic style. But this book didn't seem complete to me; Murakami hints at possibilities and darker, deeper threads of narrative, but eventually pulls back for a kind of storybook ending. I enjoyed his characters dialogues, however.
