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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 Independent UK

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.

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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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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

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‘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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

The best films of 2023 so far

Cate Blanchett’s unravelling conductor, Spielberg’s semi-memoir and the stop-motion tale of a shell wearing shoes all feature in the pick of the year released in the UK to date

The Guardian - UK

Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries as fear and skepticism flourish following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Spanish Asturias prize for literature

Bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature

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In new book, Murakami explores walled city and shadows

Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city four decades ago

The Guardian - UK

Manga-nifique! How France became obsessed with Japanese anime

In the 1970s, giant robot cartoons sparked a love affair with French fans (including Emmanuel Macron) – now the country is the world’s largest manga importer, and home to a new Murakami film

The Guardian - UK

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman review – Murakami’s surreal tales around a Tokyo earthquake

The seductively quirky sad-serious tone of the author is evident as a constellation of characters try and save the city – including a lost cat and a giant talkative frog

The Independent UK

Murakami's 1st novel in 6 years to hit stores in April

A new Haruki Murakami novel will be published in April and the publisher is saying little about it except that the Japanese manuscript is around 1,200 pages and the plot involves “a story that had long been sealed.”

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Murakami's first novel in 6 years to go on sale

The first novel by author Haruki Murakami in six years will go on sale on April 13, publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co. announced on its website on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The End Of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce and Alone With You In The Ether by Olivie Blake.

The Guardian - UK

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami review – lessons in simplicity

The Japanese writer lets readers inside his own head in an insightful collection of essays on his work and methods

The Guardian - UK

Novelist As a Vocation by Haruki Murakami review – the secrets behind the literary phenomenon

The celebrated novelist offers insights into his ways of working, his direct style and the moments that shaped him in this intriguing book on writing

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Jazz legend Yamashita reprises 1969 'gate-crash' concert

Jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita performed at Waseda University on Tuesday, reprising a concert he gave there during a student riot in July 1969.

The Independent UK

Director of 'Drive My Car' surprised by Oscar, popularity

Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi says he was surprised by the international popularity of his Oscar-winning film “Drive My Car,” but attributes it to the universality of the short story by Haruki Murakami on which it is based

The Independent UK

Murakami plays antiwar songs on radio to protest Ukraine war

Playing James Taylor’s “Never Die Young” and going back to songs that marked the antiwar movement in the 1960s, Japanese author Haruki Murakami added his voice to protests against the war in Ukraine with a special edition of his Tokyo radio show

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