Haruki Murakami is a contemporary Japanese writer. In 1979, he won the 23rd Group Portrait Newcomer Literature Award for his debut novel "And Listen to the Wind". In 1980, he published the novel "Pinball in 1973", which was shortlisted for the 83rd Wasagawa Award. In 1982, the novel "The Adventure of Finding sheep" was published as a single book, and won the 4th Noma Literary Newcomer Award. In 1985, he won the 21st Junichiro Tanizaki Award for his novel "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland". In 1987, the novel "Norwegian Forest" was published, and by 2009, more than 10 million copies had been distributed, which broke the silence of the Japanese literary world and appeared the so-called "Haruki Murakami phenomenon".
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First-person singular
Haruki Murakami | Flower City Press | 2021
Still, if lucky, occasionally there are some statements that stay with us. They climbed the hillside in the middle of the night, burrowed into small, tailor-made holes, held their breath, and cleverly sent away the winds of time that whistled by.
When the world is constantly changing, only the story retains the moment.
Eight first-person narrative novels recreate the Murakami-style fantasy youth story, step into the year of Haruki Murakami from the heart's desires, and look back at the pearls and jade works with the theme of love and death in life. Combining short songs, essays, music and novels, it unfolds a new compound-eye novel in the Murakami style. Reading Murakami's novels, wandering the literary world, living is not a retrospective song of youth, love and death.
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Men without women
Haruki Murakami | Shanghai Translation Publishing House | 2015
"Men Without Women" is an improvisation. Murakami mentioned in the preface that there were some personal opportunities to write this article. One night, in the middle of the night, I suddenly received a phone call from the husband of the woman she fell in love with when she was 14 years old, informing her that she had committed suicide and died.
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Forests of Norway
Haruki Murakami | Shanghai Translation Publishing House | 2018
"Norwegian Forest" is a long romance novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, which has influenced generations of readers. The story tells that the protagonist Watanabe is entangled between Naoko, who is emotionally unstable and mentally ill, and Midoriko Kobayashi, who is depressed and depressed, and finally embarks on a journey of self-redemption and growth. The downright realistic brushwork depicts the landscape of lost youth, and the novel is permeated with a characteristic sentimental and lonely atmosphere. Since its appearance in Japan in 1987, the novel has resonated among young people and has become popular.
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My profession is a novelist
Haruki Murakami | South Sea Publishing Company | 2017
One man, thirty-five years, thirteen novels, more than fifty language translations. Despite his world-renowned reputation, many things about Haruki Murakami are always wrapped in a veil of mystery: How did he make up his mind to become a professional novelist? For him, what is the happiness in life? How do you view the Wasagawa Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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What do I talk about when I'm running
Haruki Murakami | South Sea Publishing Company | 2009
The desire to be alone is always in the heart. So running for an hour a day to ensure that it was only my own silent time became an important lesson for my mental health. At least when you run, you don't need to communicate with anyone, you don't have to listen to anyone, you just look at the surrounding scenery and gaze at yourself. This is a precious moment that nothing can replace.
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