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Norwegian writer Dag Solstad dies aged 83

A hugely influential novelist and critic, Solstad won the Norwegian Critics prize three times, and his work was translated by Haruki Murakami

The Guardian - UK

Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey review – gorgeous whimsy from Haruki Murakami

Sandy Grierson is astonishing as a talking monkey working in a Japanese bathhouse in this slight but theatrically beguiling slice of magical-realism

The Guardian - UK

Review: A Novel About Walls, Both Literal and Figurative

Author Haruki Murakami offers a potent reminder of the value of free movement.

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Murakami Tells Alma Mater He Was A 'Terrible Student'

Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami told his alma mater Tuesday that he was far from being a model scholar, as he collected an honorary degree in a rare public appearance.

International Business Times

Daniel Craig’s turn as queer writer and an ‘unfilmable’ book brought to life – what you should watch, read and see this week

William S. Burroughs was a gay drug addict. A knot of contradictions, he was also deeply homophobic, sexist, racist and a gun-loving conservative, a passion that would eventually lead to him to be convicted of manslaughter. Needless to say, his life was as wild as his fiction – just watch…

The Conversation

Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for “I”

Haruki Murakami’s most recent novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls, revolves around two parallel stories, one focusing on a 17-year-old boy, the other on a 45-year-old man. Readers of the translated English version will gradually become aware of the two worlds, as each first-person narrator establishes his respective setting…

The Conversation

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami review – a labour of love

On his third attempt, the author finally sets down a story that has haunted him for decades

The Guardian - UK

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In The City and Its Uncertain Walls, Haruki Murakami explores the transformative potential of storytelling

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has won phenomenal worldwide popularity. His Norwegian Wood, marketed as ren’ai shōsetsu (a romance novel) when it was first published in Japan in 1987, has become a veritable bible of love among young people in East Asia. English translations of Kafka On the Shore and 1Q84…

The Conversation

Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Fortune

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.

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

Best Japanese novels to read in translation

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

Start the year off right with some 21st century classics

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

The Conversation

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’

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