Ryu Murakami, a master of the grotesque who sang the disappointment and pain of a lost generation, created novels that have become legendary. This book is about personal dramas, real disasters, crazy confessions, constant fears, painful fantasies that have become habitual companions of the heroes and leave a painful feeling of dizziness. “The War Begins Beyond the Sea” is an anthem of a generation devoid of illusions, full of cruel irony, whose nihilism remains the only salvation in a world hopelessly mired in violence and cruelty...