Haruki Murakami
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New Murakami Short Story
“Kino,” a new short story by Haruki Murakami, is available to read without the paywall over at the New Yorker.
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Mr. Murakami’s Place
According to the Guardian, Haruki Murakami is soliciting fan questions through the end of January, offering his opinions and advice,” says Shinchosha Publishing, “on how to tackle all manner of difficulties.” The answers will be posted on his website, “Murakami-san…
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Magical Thinking
When quizzed on his characters’ romantic proclivities, Haruki Murakami errs towards empathy: I occasionally think that, in our heart of hearts, we all may be seeking situations like this one—where our free will doesn’t apply and (almost) everything is determined…
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The Rumpus Weekly Review of Books
Women in Clothes, the sexism of Haruki Murakami, and poems about Gertrude Stein and desire.
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Murakami’s depiction of the murdered female sex object at the center of his new novel is not only sexist and irresponsible. It’s also lazy writing.
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Murakami and Brain-Munching Sheep
An old man takes the boy hostage and forces him to memorize a large number of books. The boy eventually realizes that the man plans to absorb the information he’s memorized by eating his brain. With the help of a…
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Complementary Coverage
If asked who reviewed Haruki Murakami’s new novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, Patti Smith might not be your first guess. But review it she did—skillfully, favorably, and, to…
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Murakami’s Un-American Talents
Laura Miller, writing at Salon, argues that Haruki Murakami has a simple and often understated skill that American writers lack (or at least, aren’t willing to pursue): how he tramples “the coyness and elision that plagues so much…literary fiction on…
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A Really Strange Story
“I have a kind of weird story related to death. Something my father told me. He said it was an actual experience he had when he was in his early twenties. Just the age I am now. I’ve heard the…
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Too Many Words is Too Many Words
Watch this gorgeous video about the writing life of modern literary giant Haruki Murakami. Discover how he manages to seep into the minds of so many of his readers, creating a personal connection with his vast readership, video creator Ilana…
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This Week in Short Fiction
In this, the first week of June, a band of storytellers joined hands and exhaled sweet stories that rolled out like a giant park full of empty hammocks waiting to hold readers through the long summer days… For example: On…
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Literary Puns, Halloween-Style
If you like Timothy Leo Taranto’s literary puns here on the Rumpus, you’ll also enjoy these Halloween-themed literary puns over at Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Written and illustrated by Rumpus contributor Lincoln Michel, they turn your favorite authors into scary monsters,…