Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Fin

<b>Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time!</b> <p/>Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are available in graphic novel form in English. <i>Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1</i> is the first of three volumes, which will present a total of 9 short stories from Murakami's bestselling collections. <p/>With their trademark mix of realism and fantasy, centering around Murakami's characteristic themes of loss, remorse and confusion, the four stories in this volume are: <p/><ul><li><b>"Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" </b> A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in this home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but Katagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming? "[This story has] such an engaging mix of realism and fantasy that it takes a while for you to realize what a sad undertow the story has and how much it says about Katagiri's solitary life, his feelings of powerlessness and his dread of another quake." --<b><i>The New York Times</i></b></li></ul><br><ul><li><b>"Where I'm Likely to Find It" </b> A woman's husband goes missing so she hires detective. As the detective traces the man's whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life. "A searching Kafkaesque parable about disappearance, loss and coping." -<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b