The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84. In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist’s home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art – as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby – Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.
| ISBN: | 9781786142955 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2019 |
| Author: | Haruki Murakami |
| Publisher: | Random House Audiobooks an imprint of Cornerstone |
| Format: | CD-Audio |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Magical realism Translated Fiction Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Love and relationships |