{"product_id":"haruki-murakami-manga-stories-2-the-second-bakery-attack-samsa-in-love-thailand-haruki-murakami","title":"Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2 : The Second Bakery Attack; Samsa in Love; Thailand","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaruki Murakami's best-loved stories finally in graphic novel form!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into scores of languages. Now for the first time, in this three-volume series, Murakami's best-loved stories are available in manga form in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's signature themes of loss, remorse and confusion. The three stories in this volume are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Second Bakery Attack: A newlywed couple lie in bed, hungry. The man tells his wife about when he and a friend robbed a bakery and stole bread to feed themselves for two days. On hearing this story, the woman suggests they try the same thing again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'[…] exemplifies Murakami's sense of the fragility of the ordinary world.' — Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSamsa in Love: An extension of the tale of Gregor Samsa in Kafka's The Metamorphosis. The main character wakes up to find himself transformed into someone named Samsa, then falls in love with a hunchback woman who comes to fix the lock on his door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Samsa in Love is part of a lineage, going back to the original publication of The Metamorphosis in 1915 and extending up to (and beyond?) the present day.' — Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThailand: A middle-aged woman takes a break from her job as a doctor to go on holiday in Thailand. She learns from a spirit doctor that her sterile life and inability to forgive have created a rock in her gut, which will be all that remains of her after she is dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'His characters are so persuasive, and the storytelling so spacious.… Murakami's crisp, accomplished stories…have great immediacy.' — The Seattle Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese new graphic versions of classic Murakami short stories will be devoured by his fans and will provide a new window onto his work for a new generation of readers not yet familiar with it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecommended for readers ages 16+ due to mature themes and graphic content\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haruki Murakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050689216756,"sku":"F-GN-G-17679","price":7630.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/4440\/3700\/files\/haruki-murakami-manga-stories-2-the-second-bakery-attack-samsa-in-love-thailand-haruki-murakami-wild-sage.jpg?v=1777832352","url":"https:\/\/wildandthesage.com\/products\/haruki-murakami-manga-stories-2-the-second-bakery-attack-samsa-in-love-thailand-haruki-murakami","provider":"Wild and the Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}