South of the Border, West of the Sun

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South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Author Haruki Murakami
Original title (if not in English) 国境の南、太陽の西
Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishi
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Vintage (English Edition)
Released 1992 (Japanese Edition), 2000 (English Edition)
Media Type Print (Paperback)
Pages 192 pages
ISBN ISBN 0-09-944857-2
Preceded by Dance Dance Dance
Followed by The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

South of the Border, West of the Sun (国境の南、太陽の西 Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishi?) is a short, melancholic novel written in 1992 by the popular Japanese novelist, Haruki Murakami. It tells of the reunion between two childhood sweethearts, Hajime and Shimamoto, the former having found success with the ownership of two jazz clubs, a marriage, and two daughters.


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