National bestseller. Including the story "Drive My Car" – now an Academy Award-nominated film – this collection by the internationally acclaimed author explores what happens to characters who lack significant women in their lives; it will touch and confuse you, often leaving you with more questions than answers. In seven narratives, Haruki Murakami applies his keen observation to the lives of men who are alone in their own ways. Here, unhappy doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka's Gregor Samsa come together to tell stories that resonate with us all. In "Men Without Women," Murakami has created another contemporary masterpiece, marked by the same sharp humor and pathos that define his entire body of work.

Haruki Murakami was born in 1949 in Kyoto and currently lives near Tokyo. His works have been translated into more than fifty languages, and his most recent international accolade is the Jerusalem Prize.