Super-Frog Saves Tokyo

About

Katagiri, a quiet and unremarkable bank employee, comes home to find a six-foot frog in his apartment. The frog — who prefers to be called Frog — needs Katagiri's help to prevent a catastrophic earthquake from destroying Tokyo. What follows is a story that is simultaneously absurd, moving, and strangely matter-of-fact about the presence of a giant amphibian in a studio apartment. Originally published in the collection After the Quake, this standalone illustrated edition gives one of Murakami's most beloved short stories room to breathe. It's a parable about ordinary courage that never explains its own metaphor — and is better for it. A story about what it means to fight battles no one else can see, told by a frog who quotes Dostoevsky.