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  <name><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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 &quot;easily accessible, yet profoundly complex.&quot; Critics suggest his work draws from film noir and contains elements of magical realism.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Kyoto</hometown>  <born_at>01/12/1949</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay Rubin]]></name>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Kafka on the Shore]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mehdi Ghabraie]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Norwegian Wood]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Wild Sheep Chase]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[After Dark]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sputnik Sweetheart]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dance, Dance, Dance]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Elephant Vanishes: Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Haruki Murakami]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[South of the Border, West of the Sun]]></title>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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