Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel

by Haruki Murakami Narrated by Bruce Locke

Overview

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the long-awaited new novel-a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan-from the award-winning, internationally best-selling author Haruki Murakami.

Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, 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. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages.





Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) - "Le mal du pays" by Franz Liszt, performed by Peter Mendelsund. Recorded by Charles Myers Recording Studio, Manhattan School of Music, The Gordon K. and Harriet Greenfield Hall. Kevin Boutote, Recording Engineer.

Editorial Reviews

JANUARY 2015 - AudioFile

Bruce Locke’s narration begins with a detached tone and deliberate pace as Murakami’s title character considers suicide upon finding himself exiled from his closest group of friends. In the same way that Tsukuru remains emotionally frozen throughout the decades that follow this traumatic break, Locke’s tone remains consistent and even. While listeners may find Locke’s distance frustrating, it’s perfectly appropriate to the character. But all the more rewarding in their subtle contrast and novelty are the moments of change, adaptation, and self-reflection that come later as Tsukuru uncovers important details from his past. Locke’s narration is at once self-conscious and detached as he captures the flawed Tsukuru Tazaki. E.M.C. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly

★ 04/28/2014
Murakami’s (1Q84) latest novel, which sold more than a million copies during its first week on sale in Japan, is a return to the mood and subject matter of the acclaimed writer’s earlier work. Living a simple, quotidian life as a train station engineer, Tsukuru is compelled to reexamine his past after a girlfriend suggests he reconnect with a group of friends from high school. A tight-knit fivesome for years, the group suddenly alienated Tsukuru under mysterious circumstances when he was in college. For months after the break, not knowing what had gone wrong, he became obsessed with death and slowly lost his sense of self: “I’ve always seen myself as an empty person, lacking color and identity. Maybe that was my role in the group. To be empty.” Feeling his life will only progress if he can tie up those emotional loose ends, Tsukuru journeys through Japan and into Europe to meet with the members of the group and unravel what really happened 16 years before. The result is a vintage Murakami struggle of coming to terms with buried emotions and missed opportunities, in which intentions and pent up desires can seemingly transcend time and space to bring both solace and desolation. (Aug.)

The New York Times Book Review

Murakami is like a magician who explains what he’s doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers . . . But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream, it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves.

JANUARY 2015 - AudioFile

Bruce Locke’s narration begins with a detached tone and deliberate pace as Murakami’s title character considers suicide upon finding himself exiled from his closest group of friends. In the same way that Tsukuru remains emotionally frozen throughout the decades that follow this traumatic break, Locke’s tone remains consistent and even. While listeners may find Locke’s distance frustrating, it’s perfectly appropriate to the character. But all the more rewarding in their subtle contrast and novelty are the moments of change, adaptation, and self-reflection that come later as Tsukuru uncovers important details from his past. Locke’s narration is at once self-conscious and detached as he captures the flawed Tsukuru Tazaki. E.M.C. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169351965
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Edition description:	Unabridged

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