This is a set of four books by Ryu Murakami. All are first editions. * **"War Begins Across the Sea"** The woman in a swimsuit I met on the beach said to me, "You see the town in your eyes." A town buried in garbage, with a base, a town that raises boys to be strong, and a town bustling with festivals. A powerful work that captures the harsh truth clinging to the mirage-like scenery of summer with rich sensibility and poetic sentiment. A follow-up to "Almost Transparent Blue." * **"Music of the Coast"** No information, no knowledge, no codes are needed. There is music as a substance that opens something within the body. Kenji, who lives in the pleasure business by providing beautiful women, is asked to assassinate a video artist who captures "death." After a cleverly devised conspiracy, he hears true music within him. A bible of a godless generation drawn at the end of sensuality and awakening. * **"In the Miso Soup"** The American, Frank, who requested a night sex guide, had a strange face. That face reminded Kenji of an article about a high school girl who was prostituting herself, whose hands, feet, and neck were cut off and thrown away in a Kabukicho garbage disposal site. Kenji feels uneasy and goes through the night of Shinjuku with Frank. A controversial work that caused a great sensation during its serialization in the Yomiuri Shimbun in the summer of '97. Winner of the Yomiuri Literary Award. * **"Monica"** Fragments of dreams recorded by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. Novelist Ryu Murakami used them as a motif to create 30 stories, each four pages long. Monica is a woman as a symbol, stimulating the novelist's creative power. She changes into various objects and sensations, leading the story. A miraculous collaboration born from the interaction of two hyper-artists has come to fruition as a sweet and dangerous collection of fantasy short stories. Includes many photos taken by Ryu Murakami. **Ryu Murakami** Born February 19, 1952. In 1976, "Almost Transparent Blue," which depicted the youth culture of a base town, won the Gunzo Newcomer's Literary Award, followed by the Akutagawa Prize, and became a bestseller. In 1978, he directed the film adaptation of the same work. He continued to confront the times, and in 1981, he won the Noma Literary Newcomer's Award for "Coin Locker Babies," the Yomiuri Literary Award in 1998 for "In the Miso Soup," and the Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Prize in 2000 for "Parasites." In 2005, he won the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award and the Noma Literary Award for "From the Peninsula." In 2011, he won the Mainichi Art Award for "Singing Whale." Born in Nagasaki Prefecture. Dropped out of Musashino Art University. His real name is Ryunosuke.