Drive My Car
by Haruki Murakami
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The basis for the Academy-Award®-nominated major motion picture. In this short story from Haruki Murakami's bestselling collection, Men Without Women, a widowed actor hires a twenty-year-old woman to be his chauffeur. Despite her reserved nature, the actor finds comfort in her stable presence, and a friendship blossoms as they slowly reveal their pasts. Crafted with delicacy and precision, Drive My Car is a meditative exploration of the need for human connection and our innate desire to be show more understood -- even when we least expect it. show lessTags
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This story, from Murakami's "Men Without Women" collection of stories gave me the insight I needed to understand readers' passion for his work. I listened to the audiobook version of "First Person Singular" last year and - as much as I wanted to love it - I found it mostly underwhelming. I wondered where the disconnect was for me, because many of Murakami's favorite subjects (jazz, baseball, The Beatles) are right in my wheelhouse.
So, when this edition of the story that led to the Oscar-winning film became available, I gave Mr. Murakami another try, and I'm really glad I did. This story was evocative and rich. His use of language, the themes of grief and potential vengeance, the simplicity of the story - and storytelling - all really show more struck me.
I'm eager to dig more deeply into his work now, as well as spend 3 hours with the film sometime soon. show less
So, when this edition of the story that led to the Oscar-winning film became available, I gave Mr. Murakami another try, and I'm really glad I did. This story was evocative and rich. His use of language, the themes of grief and potential vengeance, the simplicity of the story - and storytelling - all really show more struck me.
I'm eager to dig more deeply into his work now, as well as spend 3 hours with the film sometime soon. show less
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Haruki Murakami was born on January 12, 1949 in Kyoto, Japan and studied at Tokyo's Waseda University. He opened a coffeehouse/jazz bar in the capital called Peter Cat with his wife. He became a full-time author following the publication of his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, in 1979. He writes both fiction and non-fiction works. His fiction show more works include Norwegian Wood, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, The Strange Library, and Men Without Women. Several of his stories have been adapted for the stage and as films. His nonfiction works include What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. He has received numerous literary awards including the Franz Kafka Prize for Kafka on the Shore, the Yomiuri Prize for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and the Jerusalem Prize. He has translated into Japanese literature written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Truman Capote, John Irving, and Paul Theroux. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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