Review:
"If literature is dead, someone forgot to invite Haruki Murakami to the funeral" Jay Rubin; "He has been made the subject of breathless comparisons: Auster, Salinger, Chandler, Borges... His books sell in millions in Japan; now he is gaining large readerships worldwide. One day, his growing legions of supporters insist, he will win the Nobel Prize" Matt Thompson, Guardian
From the Back Cover:
As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds - jazz, classical, folk, rock - and has more than six thousand records at home. And when he writes, his words have a music all their own, much of it learned from jazz.
Jay Rubin, a self-confessed fan, has written a book for other fans who want to know more about this reclusive writer. He reveals the autobiographical elements in Murakami's fiction, and explains how he developed a distinctive new style in Japanese writing. In tracing Murakami's career, he uses interviews he conducted with the author and draws on insights and observations gathered from many years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works.
'A magical mystery tour through Murakami's spontaneous, improvised fictional world... Packed with bits of trivia about the author' Evening Standard
'Exciting and coherent... Illuminates with fluent intelligence' Independent
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