بعد از زلزله الفارسية 1447

After the Quake is a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami, first published in 2000. The mesmerizing stories in this volume are set around the time of the devastating 1995 Kobe earthquake, a moment when the people of Japan were brutally confronted with the fragility of life. Yet the transformations Murakami’s characters undergo are far deeper and more mysterious than the disaster itself, springing from a strange and uncanny inner world.

In these stories, a man who was raised to believe he was the son of God searches for a stranger who may be his real father, while another encounters a giant, talking frog who asks for his help to save Tokyo from destruction. Dreamlike and unforgettable, the stories in this collection once again affirm Murakami’s place as one of the most imaginative and original writers of our time.