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Haruki Murakami in general

Description: Author: Haruki Murakami

Newest Review: ... even more so, aside from the friendly text lecture of Rubin. And Murakami is reknowned for his great sense of humour. The cover artwork depicts a vinyl with the title, no doubt hinting at the reference of Murakami's 'rhythm' in writing, which is to cut the fat out from his sentences to just deliver the bare essentials. So he's not too dissimilar to writers like Kurt Vonnegut. ... more

... In his humble beginnings with 'Hear The Wind Sing', Murakami (then 30) was quite a overly humble and conscious writer, which showed in the opening of that book with diary-like-words that rang to the effect of "I don't know ho...more

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Haruki Murakami in general: Me, myself and Boku - Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words ... (1415 words)
by - written on 29/08/02 (Very useful, 288 readings)
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It's been 23 years since Haruki Murakami's first piece of literature; a work that came to out of a spur, and goaded his career onwards because of a prize in a writing competion in his native Japan. Now aged 53, Murakami is still writing novels. He's completing one as I write most likely, and the month after sees the English translation publication of another set of short stories ('after the quake' (sic)). Prof. Jay Rubin who has translated some of Murakami's best works (the metaphoric-detective classic 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle', and the mega-selling 'Norwegian Wood'), and is a self-confessed fan of Murakami, has ... Read the complete review