An instant #1New York TimesBestseller,Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimageis the remarkable story of a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. Here Haruki Murakami—one of the most revered voices in literature today—gives us a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages.
A New York Times and Washington Post notable book, and one of the Financial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Slate, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, and BookPage's best books of the year
“Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.” —
Entertainment Weekly“Readers wait for [Murakami’s] work the way past generations lined up at record stores for new albums by the Beatles or Bob Dylan. . . . Reveals another side of Murakami, one not so easy to pin down. . . A book for both the new and experienced reader.” —Patti Smith,
The New York Times Book Review
“Hypnotic.” —
The Boston Globe “Brilliant.” —
The Miami Herald “A masterpiece.” —
Elle “Wistful, mysterious, winsome, disturbing, seductive.” —
The Atlantic “Remarkable.” —
The Washington Post “Intoxicating. . . . Full of beauty, strangeness, and color.” —NPR
“[Murakami] is ever alert to minds and hearts, to what it is, precisely, that they feel and see, and to humanity’s abiding and indomitable spirit. . . . A deeply affecting novel, not only for the dark nooks and crannies it explores, but for the magic that seeps into its characters’ subl"