Today’s letter is an investigation of literary cats rubbing up against myth. I promise I am not taking you to Narnia or into the fetid recesses of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s songbook, but we are going to ...

What’s true for legends is true of Haruki Murakami’s stories ... Disappearing women are a hallmark of Murakami’s work. So are the Beatles, jazz, cats, precocious boys — all of which are in this book, ...

That's some Haruki Murakami magic right there ... You can't explain why but you've developed this affinity towards cats.

What’s true for legends is true of Haruki Murakami’s stories, which often draw comparisons to Kafka’s. In Murakami’s 15th novel, “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” just published with ...