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Paperback 240 Pages
Published: 03/10/2002
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Waterstones Says

A dream-like tale of doubt, loss and unrequited passion, Murakami's stunning novel follows the Narrator K as he battles with his unspoken love for his best friend Surami who, whilst travelling in Europe, mysteriously disappears on a Greek island.

A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes.

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. Miu is glamorous and successful. Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the 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 Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099448471
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 180 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Sputnik Sweetheart has touched me deeper and pushed me further than anything I've read in a long time - Julie Myerson, Guardian

How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration - Independent on Sunday

A beautiful novel, as light as a feather, and yet enduringly sad... a captivating book from one of the world's most interesting authors - Sunday Herald

Murakami has been compared to everyone from Raymond Carver to Raymond Chandler - which should tell you only one thing: he's unique - Independent

Confirms Murakami as a master of his craft... Out of this world - Time Out

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“Love all that is murakami”

Ethereal , intoxicating, and as usual never disappoints

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“Sputnik Sweetheart”

Sputnik Sweetheart in one Tweet-sized chunk:
Sputnik Sweetheart is a novel of almosts, where liminal spaces overlap and longing can never quite be divorced from true love.

“In the spring of her twenty-second year,... More

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“Fantastic”

This book was recommended to me and i was dubious. But was soon so engrossed I read it in a day.
The author's writing style is fantastic and is a perfect book club read as what happens to the characters is so... More

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