Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

A rich and even brilliant piece of work… Genuinely resonant and satisfying

James Walton, Spectator

This is a book for both the new and experienced reader....[it] reveals another side of Murakami, one not so easy to pin down. Incurably restive, ambiguous and valiantly struggling toward a new level of maturation

Patti Smith, New York Times

Murakami’s prose seamlessly fuses folksiness and profundity… A harmonious blend of naivety and riddling sophistication’

Boyd Tonkin, Independent

Neat, economical, even minimalist... surprisingly painful and poignant

Literary Review

Murakami is like a magician who explains what he’s doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers . . . But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves

New York Times Book Review

A naturalistic coming-of-age story… sprinkled with strange images and written in a hauntingly mournful key

Guardian

Delicately crafted masterpiece

The List

[Murakmi’s] elegant, frugal prose creates a tale of courage and hope as Tsukuru tries to unlock the secrets of his past

Stylist

Remarkable… Spellbinding… [Murakami] is ever alert to minds and hearts…and to humanity’s abiding and indomitable spirit

Marie Arana, Washington Post

This may be a radical change in style for the author, but not in quality

Grazia

A book for both the new and experienced Murakami reader… There are moments of epiphany gracefully expressed… Reveals another side of Murakami

Patti Smith, Scotsman

A fascinating exploration of who we are [and] the delusions necessary to navigate the world around us

Irish Independent

A wonderfully imaginative and intimate book

Viv Groskop, Red

Infused with emotional generosity and the spirit of forgiveness

Ruth Scurr, Times Literary Supplement

Murakami has once again produced a perfect gem

Good Book Guide

Critics have variously likened Murakami to Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Arthur C Clarke, Don DeLillo, Philip K Dick, Bret Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon – a roster so ill-assorted to suggest he is in fact an original

New York Times

Murakami weaved his mesmeric story-telling power once again with this new book…but still bearing the unmistakable purity of prose, economy of expression and simplicity of style that characterise his writing

Bay

A mysterious story about friendship, heartbreak and confronting the past, this book is surreal, existential and, therefore, classic Murakami

Dan Lewis, Travel Guide

The tale is as absorbing as the prose is beautiful

Good Book Guide

This is classic Murakami, an isolated character struggling to make his way through a world both deceptively simple and utterly fantastical, his story told through prose infused with all the beauty and meaning of a Kyoto tea ceremony

Freya McClements, Irish Times

His versatility and ability to craft a story is spellbinding… Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is a fine story that held my attention until the end.

Yomi Segun Steven, Nudge

Loneliness, sexual ambiguity and emotional repression- the perfect recipe for a novel that put Murakami back on my list of unputdownable authors

John Kampfner, Observer

Kafkaesque, unusual and packed with sex and confusion, this is high-end prose… Murakami is remarkably prolific… A weird and very wonderful descent into the madness of contemporary Tokyo.

Paul Critcher, Geographical