NMLP P-011187 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Haruki Murakami · Alfred A. Knopf (US) / Harvill Secker (UK) · 2006

First English of this story collection, which was assembled specifically for English-language publication from stories originally written in Japanese. The Knopf US hardcover is generally given as the first English printing, released August 29, 2006, with the Harvill Secker UK edition following the same year; the two are close in date, so precedence rests on the late-August US release.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011187 for "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" by Haruki Murakami (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011187, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).