Read 3 Stories from Haruki Murakami’s Short Story Collection Published in Japan Last Year

Briefly not­ed: Last spring, Haru­ki Muraka­mi released a new col­lec­tion of short sto­ries in Japan, rough­ly trans­lat­ed as Men With­out Women. If past trends hold, this vol­ume may nev­er see the light of day in the States. But we may get to read all of the indi­vid­ual sto­ries in the pages of The New York­er. Last year, the mag­a­zine pub­lished two of Murakami’s six new sto­ries — “Scheherazade” and “Yes­ter­day.” And now comes anoth­er, “Kino.”  You can read it online here.

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

Read 6 Sto­ries By Haru­ki Muraka­mi Free Online

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