Blind Willow Sleeping Woman

　　A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's relationship is unbalanced after dining exclusively on exquisite crab while on holiday; a man follows instructions on the back of a postcard to apply for a job, but an unknown password stands between him and his mysterious employer. In each one of these stories, Murakami sidesteps the real and sprints for the surreal. Everyday events are transcended, leaving the reader dazzled by this master of his craft. "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" is Murakami's most eclectic collection of stories to date, spanning five years of his writing. An introduction explains the diversity of the author's choice.

　　二○○六年秋，已堪問鼎諾貝爾桂冠的村上春樹，又以第三本英文短篇選集連奪歐康納短篇小說獎和卡夫卡文學獎。對村上而言，寫長篇是挑戰，短篇故事則是他鍾愛的創作形式；這本選集收錄與日文、中文譯本不盡相同的二十五個短篇。他嫻熟佛陀教誨、西方哲學、容格理論、音樂等元素，筆下角色多有殘疾，超現實的情節意象，出入幻境與現世，凝煉既沈重又輕盈的村上風。

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