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Books by Haruki Murakami
1Q84
- Hardcover, 925 pages
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
- Paperback, 607 pages
Kafka on the Shore
- Hardcover, 436 pages
NPR stories about Haruki Murakami
Best Books Of 2011
Plot Driven: Alan Cheuse's Top 5 Fiction Picks
November 29, 2011 Critic Alan Cheuse likes his books thoughtfully plotted — and 2011 has made him a happy reader. A tiger haunts, a teen flees, ballplayers dream and vampires reign in beautifully conceived stories from new and distinguished authors.
Book Reviews
'1Q84': Murakami's Orwellian Bestseller Comes To U.S.
October 25, 2011 Haruki Murakami's story will carry you away to a new world and keep you there for a long time. Three volumes have been masterfully translated and bound together into a 900-page epic of murder, fanaticism, music, sex and intrigue.
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A Writer Tells (and Appears in) Daring Stories
August 17, 2006 In Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami spins whimsical and daring short stories about a talking monkey, man-eating cats on a Greek island and the girl from Ipanema. The writer himself appears in a few of them.
Read Any Good Books?
'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' by Haruki Murakami
April 3, 2006 Jeff, who listens to WUWM in Milwaukee, recommends Haruki Murakami's mysterious and unconventional novel: "The most challenging novel [I have read] in recent years."
Murakami Offers a Runaway's Tale in Latest NoveI
February 8, 2005 Alan Cheuse reviews Kafka on the Shore by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The novel's protagonist, Kafka Tamura, is a Huck Finn-like runaway who leaves Tokyo and heads toward the provinces in search of his destiny.
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Author Interviews
A Portrait Of The Cartoonist And Her Mother
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel has a new memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.
Author Interviews
A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
