A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear;Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is Murakami's most eclectic collection of stories yet, and spans five years of his writing.A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear;Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is Murakami's most eclectic collection of stories yet, and spans five years of his writing. Winner of Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2006.