Description
A portrait painter in his thirties, reeling from abandonment and the quiet devastation of loneliness, retreats to the mountain home of a celebrated artist—only to stumble upon an impossible, newly discovered painting hidden away in the attic. As he tries to understand what he’s found, the artwork becomes a doorway into a shifting world where love, memory, and war echo through strange encounters and surreal clues. Blending mystery with dreamlike fantasy, the novel follows his increasingly perilous journey to uncover the meaning behind the “circle” he has inadvertently opened. With Murakami’s signature blend of lyrical restraint, offbeat humor, and haunting atmosphere, this is a tour de force about art’s power to transform grief, and about the thin, mysterious line between the life we live and the one we can’t quite escape.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Oct 9, 2018
751 pages
ISBN: 9780525520054
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Details
First Published
2017
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami.