The Owl Reads in Spring
March 3, 2024Haruki Murakami and Mieko Kawakami held a reading party at Waseda University, premiering new stories and reading from past works.
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Murakami’s Lecture in Wellesley
June 7, 2023On sale today, the July issue of Shincho Magazine features a transcript of the lecture given by Haruki Murakami at Wellesley College, USA, on 27 April, entitled ‘Writing Fiction in the Time Of Pandemic and War’. In it, Murakami introduces The City and Its Uncertain Walls, which was published in Japan in April and will […]
Banana’s Review on The City and Its Uncertain Walls
May 15, 2023A month has passed since the release of Haruki Murakami’s new novel “The City and Its Uncertain Walls”, and various book reviews have been written. Among those, the best one is written by Banana Yoshimoto in the June issue of Shincho Magazine, entitled “From the Shadow of Banana Yoshimoto to Haruki Murakami san”. It stands […]
First Look, Non-Spoiler Review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls
April 17, 2023Let me conclude first. Haruki Murakami’s new novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, is brilliant. It is written by an old maestro who reconstructs the unforgettable memories of his youth, incorporating them into a world he has spent a lifetime creating. Benign obsessions and lyrical sentiments unfold against a backdrop of surreal scenes. And […]
The Implicit Artwork for the Book
April 12, 2023The City and Its Uncertain Walls, out tomorrow, features illustrations by Jun Tada. Jun Tada is an illustrator and printmaker who has provided artwork for books by many authors, including the Japanese translations of Ferdinand von Schirach and Paul Auster, as well as being noted for his feline illustrations. Tada’s illustrations depict the faint light […]
Murakami’s message on the upcoming novel
April 10, 2023Today, a message from Haruki Murakami was released regarding his new novel, the City and Its Uncertain Walls, to be released on April 13. I began writing this novel in early March 2020, when Covid began to rage in Japan, and it took me almost three years to complete it. During that time, I could […]
Forty-five years ago today, Murakami began writing a novel
April 1, 2023On April 1, 1978, Haruki Murakami was at Jingu Stadium, watching the Yakult Swallows play the Hiroshima Carp from the bleachers, drinking beer. He, 29 at the time, ran a jazz bar and had never written a novel. In the bottom of the first inning, the moment Dave Hilton of the Yakult Swallows hit a […]
New Novel, 13 April 2023
February 1, 2023Announced today, Haruki Murakami’s new novel will be released in Japan on 13 April 2023. The Release The publisher, Shinchosha, delivered a concise release on 1 February 2023 at 00:00 (JST). “On 13 April 2023, Shinchosha will publish Haruki Murakami’s new novel (1200 manuscript pages). It will be the first entirely new piece published in […]
Picture books translated by Murakami
January 17, 2023From the early part of his career, Haruki Murakami has been known for translating many novels into Japanese, including those by Fitzgerald and Salinger. At the same time, he has also translated picture books and has published 17 translated picture books, 13 by Chris Van Allsburg. Allsburg’s creative universe is full of strange and enchanting […]
Murakami’s interview in the newspaper
January 16, 2023An interview with Haruki Murakami was published in today’s Mainichi Shimbun evening edition. In talking about his book ‘More, My Good Old Classical Records‘, published at the end of last year, he expressed his love for records in Murakami-esque way. “I like records because I can see the process. There are physical grooves, aren’t there? […]