Sputnik Sweetheart -- Haruki Murakami

<b>Part romance, part detective story, <i>Sputnik Sweetheart</i> tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.<br></b><br>K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party--and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. Subtle and haunting, <i>Sputnik Sweetheart</i> is a profound meditation on human longing.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Haruki Murakami<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 04/09/2002<br><b>Pages:</b> 224<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.45lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780375726057<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 03/29/2002 pg. 67<br><i>New York Times</i> 04/14/2002 pg. 24<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1949, Haruki Murakami grew up in Kobe and now lives near Tokyo. The most recent of his many honors is the Yomiuri Literary Prize, whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe, and Kobo Abe. His work has been translated into moer than fifty languages.</p>