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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming

From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?

The Guardian - UK

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami review – a lack of magic and meaning

Murakami’s 15th novel retreads a form of magical realism that hasn’t evolved

The Guardian - UK

Chinese author Can Xue is favourite to win 2024 Nobel prize in literature

With odds of 10/1, the author of Love in the New Millennium, who was also the favourite last year, leads a pack that includes Haruki Murakami and Margaret Atwood

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From a new Murakami to a memoir by Cher: the best books of the autumn

Cosy crime, eco-thrillers, political memoirs, YA fantasy: there’s something for everyone in our pick of the books to look out for in the months ahead

The Guardian - UK

Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

Not even a presidential election is likely to slow the wave of fantasy novels that has been building the past few years

The Independent UK

The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami

The biggest names are back in a stellar season for fiction, with rip-roaring feminist horror, revenge tales, family sagas, spy romps and more. Here’s our essential guide

The Guardian - UK

Christope De Vusser is the first European to lead American giant Bain & Company—here's how he's leveraging AI tools to make consultants work 'smarter'

De Vusser shares his approach to achieving work-life balance, highlights his top art exhibitions and discusses the generative AI tools Bain employs to stay ahead in the industry.

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Noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami is happy with first animated adaptation of his short stories

Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed joy with how several of his short stories were adapted in American director Pierre Földes’ animated film “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman”, adding he wanted to see future interpretations of his work with filmmakers’ own spin

The Independent UK

Best Japanese novels to read in translation

Experience the culture and history of Japan through contemporary literature

Evening Standard

Best contemporary novels to read in 2024, from Wandering Souls to Hamnet

Start the year off right with some 21st century classics

Evening Standard

Sputnik Sweetheart review – Haruki Murakami’s love triangle staged in style

The enigmatic 1999 novel about three entwined lives is sleekly adapted by Bryony Lavery and sharply directed by Melly Still

The Guardian - UK

Sputnik Sweetheart at the Arcola Theatre review: a scrappy and coolly sexy take on Murakami's cult classic

This story of loneliness, desire and longing is strange, beguiling and surprisingly warm

Evening Standard

Spain's royals honor Asturias prize winners, including Meryl Streep and Haruki Murakami

Spain's royal family have presided over the presentation of this year's Princess of Asturias awards that are among the most important in the Spanish-speaking world

The Independent UK

For author Haruki Murakami, reading fiction helps us 'see through lies' in a world divided by walls

Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he is torn by the conflict in Israel since he has Jewish friends but understands that the situation of the Palestinians is dire

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How to read Haruki Murakami in English the Japanese way – in four steps

With more than 40 years of writing to choose from, it’s difficult to know where to begin when reading Haruki Murakami. Earlier this year in Japan, he published his 15th novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, though the release date for an English translation has not yet been announced.

The Guardian - UK

Nobel prize in literature 2023 won by Norwegian author Jon Fosse – as it happened

Fosse honoured by Nobel committee ‘for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable’

The Guardian - UK

Chinese author Can Xue favourite to win 2023 Nobel prize in literature

Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also among those highly tipped for the prize, announced on Thursday

The Independent UK

Novelist Murakami hosts Japanese ghost story reading ahead of Nobel Prize announcements

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize in literature

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Zadie Smith, Stephen King and Rachel Cusk’s pirated works used to train AI

Works by thousands of authors also including Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami and Jonathan Franzan fed into models run by firms including Meta and Bloomberg

Inverse

Play the Classic RPG That Inspired a Cult Icon on Switch Online ASAP

'Earthbound Beginnings' will feel very simple to the modern player, but manages to squeeze a lot of charm out of its simplicity.

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Haruki Murakami

The acclaimed Japanese author’s deceptively simple writing combines fantasy and reality in stories of everything from missing cats to dystopian histories via fantasy thrillers and meditations on love. Then he told us about running

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Chris Hewitt: Some bestsellers, like 'Lessons in Chemistry,' deserve the love they get from readers

The Guardian - UK

‘Tokyo would lose its soul’: anger over plans to redevelop historic city park

Campaigners say turning Meiji Jingu Gaien into a commercial hub will destroy 1,000 trees and area’s architectural heritage

The Times of India

Haruki Murakami pleads developers not to destroy the place that inspired him to become a writer

It was at a baseball stadium in April 1978, while watching a match that bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami decided to become a writer. "The satisfying crack when the bat met the ball resounded throughout Jingu Stadium. Scattered applause rose around me. In that instant, for no reason and on…

The Independent UK

Haruki Murakami pleads for keeping Tokyo park and baseball stadium that inspired his writing

Author Haruki Murakami says he's strongly opposed to the redevelopment of a Tokyo park district that would remove his favorite jogging path and tear down the baseball stadium where he was inspired to become a novelist

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