Dear Reader,
It's almost here–Haruki Murakami's new novel, AFTER DARK, will be published May 8th!
A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn, AFTER DARK is every bit as gripping as Murakami's masterworks THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE and KAFKA ON THE SHORE.
At its center are two sisters–Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny's toward people whose lives are radically alien to her own: a jazz trombonist who claims they've met before, a burly female "love hotel" manager and her maid staff, and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These "night people" are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Eri's slumber–mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime–will either restore or annihilate her.
A new novel from Haruki Murakami is always a publishing event. So, to celebrate, from now until June 8th, order AFTER DARK or any of the amazing Murakami books from RandomHouse.com, and receive free shipping! Simply enter the code AFTERDARK upon checkout.
Read an excerpt of After Dark and buy the books at http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=21587&ref=news&name=afterdark
Arigato gozaimasu!
Sincerely,
Jason Kincade
Knopf New Media
