Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...

Review

"Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long time" (Julie Myerson Guardian)

"How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration" (Independent on Sunday)

"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)

"Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: he's unique" (Independent)

"Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world" (Time Out)

Paperback: 240 pages

Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (3 Oct. 2002)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0099448475

ISBN-13: 978-0099448471

Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm

Customer reviews: 4.2 out of 5 stars   82 customer reviews