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Haruki Murakami discusses “Town of Cats,” an excerpt of his impending publication, 1Q84 (to be released in October) with the New Yorker’s fiction editor. More reason to get excited for fall’s literary bounty!
“Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before.
...moreHaruki Murakami was removed from a summer reading list for middle schooler and high school students in one New Jersey school district. Apparently, some of the language in Norwegian Wood concerned parents and a couple students. And this is the perfect transition into announcing Banned Books Week, coming up the week of September 24th, which is all about combating censorship!
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I’ve been writing this column off and on for a few years now and I thought I’d shake it up a bit by turning it into a dialogue.
Oh look, it’s the first few lines of Haruki Murakami’s impending publication, 1Q84. The book was a major hit when it came out in Japan around two years ago. Alas, it is soon-to-be-released here and in the UK. It’s three volumes, translated in part by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
...moreThe Millions came out with the “Great Second-Half of 2011 Book Preview,” which includes 66 titles and tons of accompanying words describing them (most books are forthcoming, some came out this month).
First on the list is last month’s Rumpus Book Club selection, Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell.
...more“The long-awaited English translation of 1Q84, the writer’s epic novel in three volumes that has proved a huge hit in his native Japan, will be published in English in October. All three sections are to appear together in a single 1,000-page volume, translated by Harvard professor Jay Rubin.”
At The Guardian: all the latest on Murakami’s massive new novel.
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Much ado about LeBron James, Haruki Murakami, free agency, and home.
The Japanese publication Yomiuri Shimbun recently published, in English, a long two-part interview with Haruki Murakami, about his most recent novel, 1Q84, the complete text of which has already sold about 670,000 copies in Japan. A full summary of the interview is here, part one is here, and part two is here.
...moreGreetings! Your humble guest-editor Michael is back in the saddle for another round of negotiating the highly-addictive world of the book blogs. I had an interesting week, where I had time to contemplate my imminent move to Bernal Heights and whether I should apply to those blasted MFA’s again and what it means that I can’t seem to stop watching post-apocalyptic movies and reading depressingly dystopian fiction.
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