South of the Border, West of the Sun -- Haruki Murakami, Paperback Sarah Crichton Books that the vast majority of

that the vast majority of us will travel back and forth between these realms throughout our lives

the Franz Kafka Prize

Published: 10/30/2007

Author: Mel Bartholomew

Wheaton College) is chief publishing officer and Bible publisher at Crossway

South of the Border, West of the Sun -- Haruki Murakami, Paperback Sarah Crichton Books that the vast majority ofSouth of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami's most touching novels. Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviable career, yet he feels incomplete. When a childhood friend, now a beautiful woman, shows up with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime's quotidian existence begin to give way. Rich, mysterious, and quietly