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A shedding of Murakami skin. It is not "Blonde on Blonde", it is "Blood on the Tracks". [59] In Time, Lev Grossman said that, similar to his opinions on Murakami's other works, "Murakami’s prose remains just as flat and Tsukuru’s affect remains just as empty." [60]
On Bookmarks Magazine Nov/Dec 2008 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with the critical summary saying, "Haruki Murakami has established himself as one of the most interesting and innovative novelists of the last two decades, combining pop culture with a magic ...
The Japanization of Modernity: Murakami Haruki Between Japan and the United States is a non-fiction book by Rebecca Suter, published in 2008 by Harvard University Press. It discusses Haruki Murakami and how he navigates the culture of Japan and the culture of the United States as an author. [ 1 ]
The world of Murakami is a land of mysteries, but perhaps the most pressing enigma has less to do with the meaning of any of his novels and more to do with the unlikeliness of his literary rise.
Dances with Sheep: The Quest for Identity in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki is a 2002 non-fiction book by Matthew Strecher, published by University of Michigan Press. It examines Haruki Murakami . It was the first full length critical book about the author.
Murakami enjoys baseball and describes himself as a fan of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In his 2015 essay for Literary Hub "The Moment I Became a Novelist", Murakami describes how attending a Swallow's game in Jingu Stadium in 1978 led to a personal epiphany in which he decided to write his first novel. [126] Haruki Murakami is a fan of crime novels.
Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words is a non-fiction book by Jay Rubin, published by Harvill Press in 2002. The book discusses Haruki Murakami . The book includes some original essays written by Rubin along with some existing works by Murakami, including some entire stories and some excerpts of such. [ 1 ]
In general, many of Murakami's earlier short stories have unnamed protagonists and characters. As he notes in an interview, much of his early work was written in the first person, Murakami bases the protagonist on a fictional interpretation of himself if the "situation and circumstances" were different. [6]