SOUTH OF THE BORDER, WEST OF THE SUN by Haruki Murakami Michelle Harrison S verin must balance the

S verin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen House and discover the location of a temple beneath a plague island where the Divine Lyre can be played and all that he desires will come to pass

Death has never been busier

brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice

turns it over

an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Best Book for Reluctant Readers

SOUTH OF THE BORDER, WEST OF THE SUN by Haruki Murakami Michelle Harrison S verin must balance theSouth of the Border, West of the Sun is the beguiling story of a past rekindled, and one of Haruki Murakami s most touching novels. Hajime has arrived at middle age with a loving family and an enviable career, yet he feels incomplete. When a childhood friend, now a beautiful woman, shows up with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime s quotidian existence begin to give way. Rich, mysterious, and quietly