Haruki Murakami resources in English

last updated 26th August 2008

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murakami site of the month

Murakami Haruki B-Sides - a great essay on Murakami's more obscure (to English speaking readers) early stories : Dead Heat on a Merry-go-round in particular, by Daniel Morales on neojaponisme. Also check out the comments for some insightful points.....Recommended reading

murakami quote of the month

"So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's stolen from us - that's snatched right out of our hands - even if we are left completely changed people with only the outer layer of skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way, in silence. We draw ever nearer to our allotted span of time, bidding it farewell as it trails off behind. Repeating, often adroitly, the endless deeds of the everyday. Leaving behind a feeling of immeasurable emptiness."

"Sputnik Sweetheart "

murakami latest news

Tuesday 26th August 2008 - Murakami in the US in October. The New Yorker Festival, New York - October 3-5th. Further details at the festival website.University of Califonia, Berkeley (Zellerbach Hall A) - October 11th - Murakami will read and lecture in Japanese and English, followed by a conversation with Roland Kelts (Tokyo University lecturer and author of Japanamerica) and a question and answer period with the audience. Presented in association with the Center for Japanese Studies.

Jazz in Murakami Haruki (2008) - a compliation of Jazz tracks mentioned in Murakami's novels is available

THREE SHORT ESSAYS ON JAZZ - three essays originally published in Japanese in Portraits in Jazz (Shiachosha, 1997) are available in the current July/August issue of The Believer (print version only)

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