Love can take you to the edge of the world — and still leave you searching.
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami is a deeply moving story of unrequited love, loneliness, identity, and the mysteries of human connection, told through Murakami’s signature blend of emotional depth, dreamlike surrealism, and haunting lyricism. The novel follows K., a quiet schoolteacher, who is secretly in love with his best friend Sumire, an aspiring writer consumed by passion and curiosity. But when Sumire falls for Miu, an enigmatic older woman, the triangle of love becomes an exploration of desire, distance, and what it means to lose yourself in longing.

When Sumire disappears during a trip to Greece, the story unfolds into a quiet emotional mystery, where memories, secrets, and unanswered questions pull the characters — and the readers — into a space between reality and the unknown. Murakami reveals that sometimes the closest relationships remain incomplete, and the people we love most are the hardest to truly understand.

Publisher: VINTAGE

Language : ENGLISH

Binding: PAPER BACK

Pages : 229