SPUTNIK SWEETHEART

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR Sumiré is in love with a woman seventeen years her sénior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumiré is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumiré spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K aboutthe 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 Sumiré. Then, a desperate Miu calis from a small Greek island: Sumiré has mysteriously vanished... 'Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world' 'How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration' ‘A beautiful novel, as light as a feather, and yet enduringly sad...a captivating bookfrom one of the world's most interesting authors'