Haruki Murakami’s ‘Killing Commendatore’ is his strangest book yet
At the intersection between the everyday and the extraordinary lies the writing of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
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At the intersection between the everyday and the extraordinary lies the writing of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.
Haruki Murakami is planning an archive at his Japanese alma mater that will include drafts of his best-selling novels, his translation work and his massive collection of music.
Japanese author Haruki Murakami has announced a plan to set up a library that would showcase his works and also serve as a meeting place for research and international exchanges.
Best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he enjoys writing novels because he doesn’t know how they’ll end up.
Best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami, hosting a special radio show featuring some of his favorite songs he runs to, says writing novels is about rhythm, as in music and running. “Murakami Radio,” a pre-recorded show broadcast Sunday night, featured as its themes two crucial elements of his life as a novelist: running and music. During the 55-minute show, Murakami played nine numbers he enjoys running to – rock and jazz – selected from thousands of titles stored on several iPods, while sharing stories behind the songs and talking about running and writing.
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” This famous quote, often (wrongly) attributed to the philosopher Frank Zappa, speaks of the inadequacy of words
On the bright yellow cover of Haruki Murakami’s new collection, “Men Without Women: Stories” (translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen, Alfred
Haruki Murakami’s new book has a title, though its content remains a mystery. “Kishidancho Goroshi,” or “Killing Commendatore,” will hit Japanese bookstores on Feb. 24. Overseas availability isn’t yet known.
NOVEMBER might as well be called the literary month, if only for this year.
HARUKI Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto are familiar names in Japanese contemporary writing to Filipinos and the West, more familiar perhaps to the younger generations nowadays
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