My birthday's the fourth of January, 1951.
An edition of 国境の南、太陽の西
(1992)
South of the border, west of the sun
a novel
1st Vintage International edition
by 村上春樹
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Hajime - "Beginning" in Japanese - was an atypical only child growing up in a conventional middle-class suburb. Shimamoto, herself an only child, was cool and self-possessed, precocious in the extreme. After school these childhood sweethearts would listen to records, hold hands, and talk about their future. Then, despite themselves, in the way peculiar to adolescents, they grew apart, seemingly for good.
Now, facing middle age, finally content after years of aimlessness, Hajime is a successful nightclub owner, a husband and father, when he suddenly is reunited with Shimamoto, propelled into the mysteries of her life, and confronted by dark secrets she is loath to reveal. And so, reckless with enchantment and lust, Hajime prepares to risk everything in order to consummate his first love, and to experience a life he's dreamed of but never had a chance to realize.
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Fiction, romance, contemporary, Japan, fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Language and languages, Japan -- Fiction., Man-woman relationships, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, romance, general, Novela japonesa, Traducciónes al españolTimes
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Al sur de la frontera, al oeste del sol
2014, Tusquets
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Au sud de la frontière, à l'ouest du soleil
2012, À vue d'oeil
in French
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South of the border, west of the sun: a novel
March 14, 2000, Vintage
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- 1st Vintage International edition
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South of the border, west of the sun
1999, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
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| November 16, 2025 | Edited by bitnapper | Merge works (MRID: 253264) |
| November 16, 2025 | Edited by Miguel | Edited without comment. |
| August 4, 2024 | Edited by gillian-faith | replaced romanized title with Japanese |
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