{"product_id":"super-frog-saves-tokyo","title":"Super-Frog Saves Tokyo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lavishly illustrated edition of Murakami’s classic short story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment. It was powerfully built, standing over six feet tall on its hind legs. A skinny little man no more than five foot three, Katagiri was overwhelmed by the frog's imposing bulk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Call me \\\"Frog,\\\"’ said the frog in a clear, strong voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatagiri stood rooted in the doorway, unable to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Don't be afraid. I'm not here to hurt you. Just come and close the door. Please.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBriefcase in his right hand, grocery bag with fresh vegetables and canned salmon cradled in his left arm, Katagiri didn't dare move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Please, Mr. Katagiri, hurry and close the door, and take off your shoes.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFully illustrated and beautifully designed, this special edition of Murakami’s celebrated short story sees the bewildered Katagiri find meaning in his humdrum life through joining forces with Frog in an effort to save Tokyo from an existential threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1978, Haruki Murakami was 29 and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/em\u003e, won a new writers’ award and was published the following year. More followed, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHard-Boiled Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eand the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, but it was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1987, which turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJay Rubin is the author of \u003cem\u003eInjurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMaking Sense of Japanese\u003c\/em\u003e, and he edited \u003cem\u003eModern Japanese Writers \u003c\/em\u003efor the Scribner Writers Series. He has translated into English two novels by the Japanese writer Soseki Natsume, and also Haruki Murakami's \u003cem\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eafter the quake\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13.2 x 1 x 20.4 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvill Secker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46926726299805,"sku":"9781787304710","price":99.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/super-frog_saves_tokyo_haruki_murakami_9781787304710.jpg?v=1749804595","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/super-frog-saves-tokyo","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}