Haruki Murakami
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born
January 12, 1949
gender
male
place of birth
Kyoto, Japan
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Literature & Fiction
about this author
Haruki Murakami (村上春樹) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described by the Virginia Quarterly Review as "easily accessible, yet profoundly complex." Critics suggest his work draws from film noir and contains elements of magical realism.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin avg rating 4.23 — 14,897 ratings — published 1992 37 editions |
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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.96 — 10,803 ratings — published 1987 54 editions |
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A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.92 — 6,613 ratings — published 1982 42 editions |
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After Dark by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.48 — 5,699 ratings — published 2004 38 editions |
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.75 — 4,690 ratings — published 1999 38 editions |
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Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.97 — 4,337 ratings — published 1988 24 editions |
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The Elephant Vanishes: Stories by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.93 — 4,004 ratings — published 1993 26 editions |
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South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.79 — 3,759 ratings — published 1992 39 editions |
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After the Quake by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.80 — 3,260 ratings — published 2000 24 editions |
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.79 — 2,603 ratings — published 2006 29 editions |
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"Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you apart."
— Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
— Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
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"It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."
— Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
— Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."
— Haruki Murakami
— Haruki Murakami
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