Reality bends all the more acutely with lack of sleep in this stunning new novel from the master of the surreal. Murakami's previous collection of short stories )Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman( has sold over 40,000 copies in hardback and trade paperback, and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. For his many acclaimed and wonderful novels, which include )Norwegian Wood(, )The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle( and )Kafka On The Shore(, Murakami was recently awarded the Franz Kafka Award for 'except