Haruki Murakami
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born
January 12, 1949
gender
male
place of birth
Kyoto, Japan
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Literature & Fiction
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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 4.24 — 13,018 ratings — published 1992 36 editions |
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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel avg rating 4.03 — 12,018 ratings — published 2002 51 editions |
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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.96 — 9,452 ratings — published 1987 43 editions |
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Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami avg rating 4.16 — 5,823 ratings — published 1985 30 editions |
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A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.93 — 5,957 ratings — published 1982 38 editions |
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After Dark by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.47 — 4,909 ratings — published 2004 34 editions |
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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.74 — 4,127 ratings — published 1999 32 editions |
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Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.98 — 3,860 ratings — published 1988 22 editions |
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The Elephant Vanishes: Stories by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.93 — 3,645 ratings — published 1993 24 editions |
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South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami avg rating 3.79 — 3,276 ratings — published 1992 32 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)
32 editions— 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)
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— 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
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— Haruki Murakami
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