The new major novel by Haruki Murakami. A mysterious library in a walled city at the end of the world, which can only be entered by those who leave their own shadow behind: Here lives the true self of the girl into whom the nameless narrator falls hopelessly in love at the age of seventeen. He sets out on a quest, reaches the city, but the girl no longer recognizes him. Under mysterious circumstances, the narrator finds himself back in the world beyond the wall. He moves to Tokyo, works in a bookstore, and has various girlfriends. The memory of the girl and the walled city haunts him. Eventually, he quits his job and takes a position in an old library in Fukushima Prefecture. Reality begins to crumble – and the narrator must question what binds him to this world. A melancholic, tender, and philosophical novel about lost love, self-discovery, and the possibility of overcoming walls – movingly read by David Nathan.