Dance Dance Dance

Dance Dance Dance, the sixth novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, is a captivating journey filled with suspense, adventure, and mysticism.

Centered around the newly renovated Dolphin Hotel, the story follows an unnamed narrator as he searches to uncover the truth behind an old acquaintance's disappearance. After a painful divorce and an unfulfilling career, the protagonist acts on the urge of a recurring dream to find meaning in an almost insignificant world.

Among the characters encountered along his journey are a psychic 13-year-old, a heartthrob actor with limited range, a one-armed poet, a sheep man, and an anxious hotel receptionist. As the reader follows these individuals between current and alternate realities, he becomes unavoidably aware of the power of human connection in an all too often unconnected world.

Murakami's ability to blend spiritual discovery with murder mystery gives each of his books a distinctly metaphysical quality while simultaneously reinforcing the importance of interdependence between the human race.