Review: 'Men Without Women' by Haruki Murakami
Loneliness, studies show, can be lethal. But while most of us won't die of being alone, many will experience, at some point, the dull, gnawing ache of it. This ache pulsates through each of the seven stories in Haruki Murakami's newest collection, "Men Without Women." In every one, a male protagonist suffers the loss of a woman he loves, or is compelled to recognize that he will never have her in the first place.