Analysis of Haruki Murakami's Novels – Literary Theory and Criticism
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If it is true that writers and artists should spend their entire lives and careers investigating, examining, and trying to understand the same themes, then Haruki Murakami (born January 12, 1949) is a prime example of how to do this successfully. Like a jazz musician building on the same note, Murakami has—from the start—been obsessed…
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Haruki Murakami: 'You have to go through the darkness before you get to the light', Haruki Murakami
For author Haruki Murakami, reading fiction helps us 'see through lies' in a world divided by walls - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Beginning the New Year with Beginnings — Fiction Unbound
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Sona's Top 10 Murakami Books – Writer's Block Magazine
Why is Haruki Murakami controversial in Japan? - Quora
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Analysis of Haruki Murakami's Novels – Literary Theory and Criticism
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Summary, Reception, & Facts
The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami — University of Minnesota Press
Haruki Murakami “Always A Critic…”
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Was Shimamoto Real? A Review of Haruki Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun - Owlcation
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Men Without Women' is Murakami at his whimsical best