Book Review:  Haruki Murakami’s Killing Commendatore is a mesmerizing blend of the mundane and the mystical, a hallmark of the author’s signature style. Published in 2017 and translated into English in 2018, this novel takes readers on a journey through art, love, loss, and the surreal, all wrapped in Murakami’s trademark prose that feels both familiar and otherworldly. Plot Overview The story follows an unnamed portrait painter in his mid-thirties who, after the collapse of his marriage, retreats to a secluded mountain house in Odawara, Japan. The house belongs to a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada, and it is here that the protagonist discovers a mysterious painting titled Killing Commendatore. This discovery sets off […]