Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

Killing Commendatore by Haruki MurakamiBeguiling Murakami is brilliant at folding the humdrum alongside the supernatural; finding the magic that's nested in life's quotidian details' GuardianWhen a thirty something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange

and moves in with her friend Jon

One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear

in basements and parking lots across the country

introduced by Iain Sinclair with notes by Ed Glinert in Penguin Classics

and others—who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction

has suddenly started spouting a mixture of psycho-babble

Together they provide a vivid picture of the Buddha and of the vast nature of the Buddhist tradition

Why was Yama cursed

a woman who mixes startling candour with deep reserve

court cases and government cabals

mudra and bandha) as it was conceived and practised not only for health and fitness but for awakening the vital energies: pranas

Tishani Doshi