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Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He has received many honours, including the Franz Kafka Prize.
Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He has received many honours, including the Franz Kafka Prize.
Murakami writes of contemporary Japan, urban alienation and
journeys of self-discovery, and in this book he combines
recollections of the war with metaphysics, dreams and
hallucinations into a powerful and impressionistic work
*Independent*
Murakami weaves these textured layers of reality into a shot-silk
garment of deceptive beauty
*Independent on Sunday*
Critics have variously likened him to Raymond Carver, Raymond
Chandler, Arthur C. Clarke, Don DeLillo, Philip K. Dick, Bret
Easton Ellis and Thomas Pynchon - a roster so ill assorted as to
suggest Murakami is in fact an original
*New York Times*
Deeply philosophical and teasingly perplexing, it is impossible to
put down
*Daily Telegraph*
How does Murakami manage to make poetry while writing of
contemporary life and emotions? I am weak-kneed with admiration
*Independent on Sunday*
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