Columns
Tuesday, July 5 2011
'Norwegian Wood' Is Pretty Onscreen, But Puzzling
Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood has been referred to as the "Japanese Catcher in the Rye", but J. D. Salinger said that his book was not actable and he would never sell the rights to Hollywood. Maybe Murakami should have listened to Salinger.
Reviews
Friday, October 28 2011
'1Q84': A World that Bears a Question
Huraki Murakami is stretching himself to create a sort of hybrid between his humourous and off-beat slipstream novels and the aching and yearning of romance that permeates his more mainstream stuff.
Thursday, September 4 2008
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
A tightly focused window into a defining avocation of one of the world's great novelists.
Monday, August 20 2007
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Allusions are drawn, but the details are murky enough to keep us guessing.
Friday, July 13 2007
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
After Dark is a slice-of-life snapshot that leaves most of its philosophical inquiries and plotlines unresolved.
News
Wednesday, October 26 2011
Haruki Murakami’s latest creation goes beyond his previous works
Here’s an unorthodox suggestion: Try to read Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84” in as close to a single sitting as you can. It won’t be easy —…
Sunday, December 24 2006
'Gatsby' the gold standard for Japanese author Haruki Murakami
TOKYO, Dec. 16 -- Haruki Murakami has described F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby as "the most important novel in my life" and one that…
