In the Miso Soup
First edition | |
| Author | Ryu Murakami |
|---|---|
| Original title | イン ザ・ミソスープ In za Misosūpu |
| Translator | Ralph McCarthy |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Philosophical novel |
| Publisher | Yomiuri Shimbun |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | Japan |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 192 pp (UK paperback edition), 216 pp (US paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-14-303569-X (US) 0-74757-888-5 (UK) |
| OCLC | 61520482 |
| 895.6/35 22 | |
| LC Class | PL856.U696 I513 2006 |
| Preceded by | Kyoko |
| Followed by | Strange Days |
In the Miso Soup (イン ザ・ミソスープ, In za Misosūpu) is a novel by Ryu Murakami. It was published over several months in Japanese throughout 1997 as a serialized feature in the Yomiuri Shimbun. In the same year, it was revised and republished as a book by Gentosha Bunko. The novel won the Yomiuri Prize for Fiction in 1997.
In 2003, the book was first translated and published in English.