Killing Commendatore

In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-...

In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious thirteen-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna, a pit in the woods behind the artist’s home, and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors.

村上春树 Haruki Murakami，1949年生于京都。毕业于早稻田大学第一文学部。1979年以《且听风吟》（群像新人文学奖）登上文坛。主要长篇小说有《寻羊冒险记》（野间文艺新人奖）、《世界尽头与冷酷仙境》（谷崎润一郎奖）、《挪威的森林》、《国境以南 太阳以西》 、《奇鸟行状录》（读卖文学奖）、《海边的卡夫卡》、《天黑以后》、《1Q84》（每日出版文化奖）等。另有《神的孩子全跳舞》、《东京奇谭集》等短篇小说集、随笔集、游记、翻译作品等诸多著作。在海外也获得多项文学奖项，2006年凭《海边的卡夫卡》获（捷克）弗兰茨•卡夫卡奖、凭《盲柳睡女》(Blind Willow , Sleeping 　Woman)获（爱尔兰）弗兰克•奥康纳国际短篇小说奖、2009年（以色列）耶路撒冷文学奖、2011年加泰罗尼亚国际奖、2016年安徒生文学奖。