“Whom We Read About When We Read Haruki Murakami (Japanese edition)” written by David Karashima is a nonfiction story depicting how the team of translators, editors, agents, and designers successfully brought Murakami’s novels to the US and UK in 1980/90s. It is a good read for those who are interested in intercultural communication/marketing over the […]
Bought “Spider Monkey at Night“; Murakami ‘s advertorial short-short stories collection written in the 1980s and published in 1995.
Reread the latest Murakami book released in this April; An owl flies at the twilight dusk; Haruki Murakami interviewed by Mieko Kawakami. Mieko Kawakami is a singer, as well as a renowned author, awarded Akutagawa Prize in 2007. I like the book as it is not an ordinary interview but a constructive discussion between creative […]
At this time of every year, I recall the phrases “It was amid summer when Sheep Man was asked to compose a song for Christmas. The requester and Sheep Man were both soaked with sweat under their summer sheep costumes. Being a sheepman in midsummer is quite a challenging option.” and thank that I am […]