Firefly and Other Stories

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer who became a classic during his lifetime thanks to works such as "A Wild Sheep Chase", "Norwegian Wood", and "Kafka on the Shore". In the collection "Firefly and Other Stories", a work appears for the first time that became the basis for one of these novels. Can you guess which one?

Each story is a door to Murakami's mysterious world. A wonderland from which one does not want to return. The firefly, vanished in the dark, will take away the pain of losing a friend and the emptiness. The arsonist will choose the next target. And the dancing fairy will visit a man working at a factory for making live elephants.