The Murakami Collection

Haruki Murakami

Illustrated by Daniel Liévano

Dive headfirst into the surreal brilliance of Haruki Murakami with The Folio Society’s new collection. Featuring A Wild Sheep Chase, Kafka on the Shore, Norwegian Wood, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, each book meticulously designed with series artist Daniel Liévano capturing Murakami's surreal one-of-a-kind imagination. It’s a set for Murakami fans and dreamers who can’t resist a touch of the extraordinary!

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‘Illustrating Murakami, it’s not painting the things you see in life like a forest or a train station, a cat or an abandoned house, it’s paying attention to the things you can’t see in these places, like the overwhelming feelings of being lost in that forest, just by reading it. It’s magic.’
  1. Daniel Liévano, Illustrator

Step into the boundless world of Haruki Murakami with this unforgettable four-volume set, capturing the dreamlike essence of his most iconic novels. From the winding quests of A Wild Sheep Chase and Kafka on the Shore to the deeply personal journeys of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, each story invites readers into Murakami’s universe where everyday life and extraordinary mystery converge. With Daniel Liévano’s evocative illustrations – awash in symbolic imagery and surreal colours – Murakami’s stories are brought to life like never before. Each volume is meticulously crafted to transport readers fully into Murakami’s imagined worlds, making this collection an irresistible journey for fans old and new.

See individual titles for production details:

A Wild Sheep Chase

Kafka on the Shore

Norwegian Wood

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

 

About Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1949. He grew up in Kobe and studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he later opened a jazz bar with his wife. In 1979 Murakami won the Gunzou Literature Prize for his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, which was followed by Pinball, 1973 (1980) and A Wild Sheep Chase (1982, Folio 2024). Further renown followed with Norwegian Wood (1987; Folio 2022), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994–95, Folio 2021), Kafka on the Shore (2002; Folio 2021) and 1Q84 (2009–10). To date, Murakami’s work has been translated into more than 50 languages and his accolades include the World Fantasy Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize.

About Daniel Liévano

Daniel Liévano was born in Bogotá in 1988. As an editorial illustrator he has devoted most of his work to the creation of conceptual images for clients including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Economist, The Sunday Times, Victionary and The Lancet. As an author and illustrator, Daniel likes to explore abstraction, taking information from other media such as poetry and independent film. His experimental comic book, The Mountain of Reality (2018), was listed by Arcadia Magazine as among the best books published in Colombia and his second graphic novel, Gravity (2020), was awarded the Gold Medal in the Book category from The Society of Illustrators in New York. For the Folio Society he has illustrated Kafka on the Shore (2021),  Norwegian Wood (2022), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (2023) and A Wild Sheep Chase (2024).

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