Desire - Haruki Murakami

Youve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person youre destined for what do you do? In Murakamis world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, lust, sudden infatuation or the secret longings of the heart.

Selected from Harukis Murakamis short story collections The Elephant Vanishes, Blind Willow Sleeping Woman, Men Without Women