Three Stories By Haruki Murakami [Afternoon Reading]

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Crabs

20090203

20100828 (R4)

Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, music and quirky first-person narratives; he is now Japan's best-known novelist abroad.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is one of his acclaimed collections of short stories. In the stories 'Crabs, 'The Year of Spaghetti' and 'The Mirror', Murakami confronts fundamental emotions: loss, identity, friendship, love; and questions our ability to connect with humanity, and the pain of those connections or the lack of them.

The reader is Megan Dodds.

Two lovers on holiday in Singapore discover a small restaurant, with surprising results.

The Year Of Spaghetti

20090204

20100904 (R4)

Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, music and quirky first-person narratives, he is now Japan's best-known novelist abroad.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is one of his acclaimed collections of short stories. In 'Crabs', 'The Year of Spaghetti' and 'The Mirror', Murakami confronts fundamental emotions: loss, identity, friendship, love; and questions our ability to connect with humanity, and the pain of those connections or the lack of them.

Read by Jack Davenport

A man reminisces about his gastronomic obsession. Read by Jack Davenport.

03 LAST

The Mirror

20090205

20100911 (R4)

Read by Hugh Ross

A caretaker catches sight of himself in a mirror and sees more than he bargained for.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	Crabs	20090203	20100828 (R4)	Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, music and quirky first-person narratives; he is now Japan's best-known novelist abroad. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is one of his acclaimed collections of short stories. In the stories 'Crabs, 'The Year of Spaghetti' and 'The Mirror', Murakami confronts fundamental emotions: loss, identity, friendship, love; and questions our ability to connect with humanity, and the pain of those connections or the lack of them. The reader is Megan Dodds. Two lovers on holiday in Singapore discover a small restaurant, with surprising results.
02	The Year Of Spaghetti	20090204	20100904 (R4)	Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, music and quirky first-person narratives, he is now Japan's best-known novelist abroad. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is one of his acclaimed collections of short stories. In 'Crabs', 'The Year of Spaghetti' and 'The Mirror', Murakami confronts fundamental emotions: loss, identity, friendship, love; and questions our ability to connect with humanity, and the pain of those connections or the lack of them. Read by Jack Davenport A man reminisces about his gastronomic obsession. Read by Jack Davenport.
03 LAST	The Mirror	20090205	20100911 (R4)	Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, music and quirky first-person narratives, he is now Japan's best-known novelist abroad. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is one of his acclaimed collections of short stories. In 'Crabs', 'The Year of Spaghetti' and 'The Mirror', Murakami confronts fundamental emotions: loss, identity, friendship, love; and questions our ability to connect with humanity, and the pain of those connections or the lack of them. Read by Hugh Ross A caretaker catches sight of himself in a mirror and sees more than he bargained for.