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Article: The Enemy Below.(Japanese author Haruki Murakami)
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- Los Angeles Magazine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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JAPANESE NOVELIST HARUKI MURAKAMI EXPLORES THE NETHER REGIONS FROM SUBCONSCIOUS TO SUBWAY
MANY WRITERS GET good reviews, a few produce best-sellers, but only a handful create a cult. Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has done all three: He's a literary superstar whose fans take his work personally. His most popular book, 1987's Norwegian Wood, was Japan's equivalent of The Catcher in the Rye or This Side of Paradise. Not only did this tale of teen love and suicide sell millions of copies in his home country--the figures would have Philip Roth or John Updike gasping with envy--but its wistful nonconformity made it an anthem for a younger generation who felt that ...
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Article: Japan's Haruki Murakami weaves a winding mystery
Naperville Sun, The (IL);
May 18, 2001 ;
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...Author: Haruki Murakami. Book: "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ... Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche" and "Sputnik Sweetheart." My friend lent me "Hard-Boiled Wonderland" and gave ...
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