
Killing Commendatore
ABOUT
THE BOOK
When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he secludes himself in the mountain home of a world-famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. One day, the young painter hears a noise from the attic, and upon investigation, he discovers a previously unseen painting. By unearthing this hidden work of art, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances; and to close it, he must undertake a perilous journey into a netherworld that only Haruki Murakami could conjure.
A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
An epic tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art and a stunning work of imagination. Eccentric and intriguing, Murakami builds a self-contained world that has a hidden universe beyond it. Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli “Vittorio Emanuele III, Italy
Killing Commendatore deals with a universal theme, the search for our place in the world and the formation of our self. Japanese perspective and sensibility give the work a special character. Biblioteca de Andalucía, Spain