Our Book of the Week this week is Haruki Murakami's Men Without Women. The book contains seven stories of men choosing loneliness as a way of avoiding pain, even if it brings them close to self-erasure. It includes all your favourite Murakami signatures (cats, pasta, baseball, music, mysterious women).

>> Read Stella's review.

>> There is, of course, a playlist for this book.

>> Murakami's lonely men.

>> Other books by Murakami at VOLUME.

>> A short animated biography.

>> In search of this elusive writer.

>> Murakami's website and FaceBook page.

>> Browse Murakami's record collection.

>> Come along to the MY VOLUME book group at 5 PM on Thursday 22nd June to discuss this book. Register when you purchase a copy.