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Sputnik Sweetheart
Contributor(s): Murakami, Haruki (Author)
ISBN: 0375726055     ISBN-13: 9780375726057
Publisher: Vintage
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2002
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Annotation: Haruki Murakami, the internationally bestselling author of "Norwegian Wood and "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, plunges us into an urbane Japan of jazz bars, coffee shops, Jack Kerouac, and the Beatles to tell this story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited loves.
A college student, identified only as "K," falls in love with his classmate, Sumire. But devotion to an untidy writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments-until she meets Miu, an older and much more sophisticated businesswoman. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, "K" is solicited to join the search party and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous, haunting visions. A love story combined with a detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart ultimately lingers in the mind as a profound meditation on human longing.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Magical Realism
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 770
Series: Vintage International
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Japanese
 
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Publisher Description:
Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.

K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party--and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing.