After the Quake Summary
Haruki Murakami

After the Quake Overview

A collection of short fiction navigating the subject of grief through the lens of the devastating Kobe earthquake in 1995, Haruki Murakami's After the Quake features six different protagonists, each of whom struggles to work through their feelings of loss, sadness, and isolation. The stories are set primarily in Japan, and each is connected, in some sense, to the fallout of the Kobe earthquake. Murakami explores themes of grief, faith, love, gender, and creativity.