- Published: 10 October 2011
- ISBN: 9781448104765
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
Sputnik Sweetheart
- Published: 10 October 2011
- ISBN: 9781448104765
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
[Murakami belongs] in the topmost rank of writers of international stature.
Newsday
Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long time
Julie Myerson, Guardian
A beautiful novel, as light as a feather, and yet enduringly sad... a captivating book from one of the world's most interesting authors
Sunday Herald
An agonizing, sweet story about the power and the pain of love. . . . Immensely deepened by perfect little images that leave much to be filled in by the reader's heart or eye.
The Baltimore Sun
Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world
Time Out
Grabs you from its opening lines. . . . [Murakami's] never written anything more openly emotional.
Los Angeles Magazine
How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration
Independent on Sunday
Murakami . . . has a deep interest in the alienation of self, which lifts [Sputnik Sweetheart] into both fantasy and philosophy.
San Francisco Chronicle
Murakami has an unmatched gift for turning psychological metaphors into uncanny narratives. -
The New York Times Book Review
Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: he's unique
Independent
Murakami is a genius.
Chicago Tribune
Murakami's true achievement lies in the humor and vision he brings to even the most despairing moments.
The New Yorker
Not just a great Japanese writer but a great writer, period.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Perhaps better than any contemporary writer, [Murakami] captures and lays bare the raw human emotion of longing.
BookPage