Haruki Murakami

What is Haruki Murakami?


1.

Fine Japanese author of urban magic realism. Novels such as 'Dance, Dance, Dance' and 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' have made Murakami one of the most popular writers in his native country with young people. His story of young love in the 1960's 'Norwegian Wood' was a sensation when it was published in the 1980's.

Best novel (IMHO) - Sputnik Sweetheart

Selected books

Pinball

A Wild Sheep Chase

Hardboiled Wonderland And The End Of The World

Norwegian Wood

The Elephant Vanishes (Short Stories)

Dance Dance Dance

The Wind Up Bird Chronicles

South Of The Border, West Of The Sun

Sputnik Sweetheart

Underground (Non fiction)

2.

"easily accessible, yet profoundly complex."-The Virginia Quarterly Review....brilliant writer.

for haruki murakami short story enthusiasts, the elephant vanishes and vintage murakami.

See writer, brilliant, japanese, asian, fiction


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