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Murakami's (1Q84) novel is a journey into reality and mystery, metaphors and art, loss in the past and present, and, especially, obsession, all conveyed through an unnamed Japanese painter who begins to paint very different portraits than his usual commissioned subjects. After separating from his wife, he settles in to fight loneliness with art. Finding and unwrapping the hidden eponymous work by Tomohiko Amada, a famous artist who has declined into dementia, this younger painter is pulled into many unexplainable events that involve a myst...Log In or Sign Up to Read More