Introduction by Murakami Haruki When I began writing 1Q84, I didn’t set out to create an alternate world. I only wanted to follow the quiet footsteps of a woman descending a staircase, and the inner life of a man rewriting a story. But once I opened the door, the world had already changed.In our lives, the strange often appears without ceremony. You wake up … [Read more...] about Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84: A Theatrical Adaptation of Surreal Love