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本书由7个短篇组成。《drive my car》:舞台剧演员家福明明知道同为演员的妻子和同剧男演员定期幽会,却假装不知,在世人面前扮演着恩爱夫妻。妻子去世后,他雇佣了一位女性司机美崎。相处中,他开始逐渐和美崎交流自己的内心世界。《yesterday》:木樽和我是同年级,她出身于东京都大田区田园调布,却能说得一口字正腔圆的关西腔,我们俩在打工时相识,从此开始了一场奇妙的"文化交流"。《独立器官》:我的朋友美容整形医生渡会信奉独身主义,他在失去生命时还在叩问自己到底算什么。他一世风流不羁,却也在52岁时不可避免地陷入一场热恋,爱上一个已婚女子,结果这个女人不仅抛弃了自己的丈夫,也抛弃了他,最终和第三个男人不知所踪,渡会得知后万念俱灰,郁郁而终。《天方夜谭》:羽原被关在远离大陆的一个孤岛上,在和女联络员产生恋情之后,每次发生关系,女联络员就像一千零一夜里的王妃一样,会为他讲述一个意味深长、妖娆魅惑的故事,羽原为此神魂颠倒,时刻处于害怕失去她和她讲述的故事的不安中。《木野》:木野遭遇妻子背叛,亲眼目睹妻子与一位跟自己关系亲密的同事睡在自家床上,静静地离家出走,辞掉工作,开始经营一家酒吧当了调酒师。从那时起,店里总是被一种奇怪的氛围所包围。《没有女人的男人们》:某天半夜,忽然接到一个电话,是自己14时爱上的女人的丈夫打开的,告知她自杀去世了。



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Haruki Murakami

Haruki (Japanese: ) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described as . He can be located on Facebook at: Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western music and literature. He grew up reading a range of works by American writers, such as Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers by his Western influences. Murakami studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was at a record store, which is where one of his main characters, Toru Watanabe in , works. Shortly before finishing his studies, Murakami opened the coffeehouse which was a jazz bar in the evening in Kokubunji, Tokyo with his wife. Many of his novels have themes and titles that invoke classical music, such as the three books making up (after Rossini's opera) , (after a piano piece by Robert Schumann usually known in English as ) , and (a character in Mozart's opera ) . Some of his novels take their titles from songs: (after The Dells' song, although it is widely thought it was titled after the tune) , (after The Beatles' song) and (the first part being the title of a song by Nat King Cole) .



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