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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Knopf.
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Illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff. Videos by Andrew Bouvé. Photo illustrations by Slate.
Other credits: Business cards by Scyther5. Pliers by wissanu_phiphithaphong. Showroom by MIKI Yoshihito/Flickr. Pottery video by Ru Bai Le. CD player by AdrianHancu/Thinkstock. Pattern on pot by yangzai/Thinkstock. Pot by Grotmarsel/iStock. Record player by kldy. Boat by Vblinov. Stormy sky by mycola. Man in water by Hlib Shabashnyi. Swimmer by Stasiek Pytel. Cement by Pipop_Boosarakumwadi/Thinkstock.