Author: Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women” is a poignant and masterfully crafted collection of short stories that delve into the loneliness and disorientation experienced by men after the women central to their lives have departed. It was published in English in 2017, translated from Japanese by Phillip Gabriel and Ted Goossen. As the title suggests, each narrative explores a man grappling with absence.