A wild Haruki chase : reading Murakami around the world

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A wild Haruki chase : reading Murakami around the world

compiled and translated by the Japan Foundation

Stone Bridge Press, c2008

  • : pbk

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Note

Based on special feature articles appearing in "Wochi kochi", v. 12, with some additional articles newly written; the Japanese text translated into English

Contents of Works

  • How to view the "Haruki boom" / by Inuhiko Yomota
  • The global distributed self-mirroring subterranean neurological soul-sharing picture show / by Richard Powers
  • What we talk about when we talk about Murakami / by Roland Kelts
  • The sense of loss in Murakami's works and Korea's 386 generation / by Kim Choon Mie
  • What Russians see in Murakami / by Ivan Sergeevich Logatchov
  • Lu Xun and Murakami: a genealogy of the Ah Q image in East Asian literature / by Shozo Fujii
  • The other side of happiness : acting in Tony Takitani / by Issey Ogata
  • Haruki Murakami as a contemporary phenomenon / by Koichi Oi
  • Contemporary Japanese literature finds a global following / by Shinya Machida

Description and Table of Contents

Description

For all Haruki Murakami fans, this is an investigation into the global popularity and translation of his books, which have appeared in over 30 languages to date. The book collects together novelists, translators and critics who discuss how Murakami's work succeeds and why it is important.

by "Nielsen BookData"

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