![]() ![]() Murakami achieved global fame in 1987 with his fifth book, Norwegian Wood. Not to forget his occasional flirtation with magical realism and surrealism - be it the two moons appearing in 1Q84 or fish tumbling from the sky in Kafka on the Shore - readers are always left in awe by his enigmatic fictional worlds. ![]() His works often portray details about the arid landscape of Tokyo’s suburbs, the serenity of Japan’s snowy mountains, and the wild frenzy of its train stations. With works that dislocate realities and uncover the extraordinary in the ordinary, Murakami is a writer of unparalleled magnitude. When Haruki Murakami first appeared on the Japanese literary scene with one of his best books, the Gunzōprize-winning Kaze no uta o kike ( Hear the Wind Sing, 1979), few would have predicted that in less than two decades, he would establish himself as a major voice of the contemporary era. ![]()
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