#harukimurakami (5 links)
- The Disappearing Acts of Haruki Murakami thenation.com
His readers might recognize his signature touches—affectless narration, illogical plot turns, strangely dispassionate sexual encounters, all brought to life via a suite of signifiers with an unarticulated personal meaning, such as the many references to music, baseball, cats, cooking, and so on—but they belong to Murakami. (That said, the English novelist David Mitchell’s Number9Dream comes thrillingly close to Murakami, maybe the most successful work of literary fan fiction ever published.)
- Kino - Haruki Murakami - The New Yorker newyorker.com
- Guardian Unlimited Books | Extracts | Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami books.guardian.co.uk
In this extract from the opening chapter, Kafka discusses his escape plans with the mysterious 'boy named Crow'