Haruki Murakami
Born 12 January 1949
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim, and he is the sixth recipient of the Franz Kafka Prize for his novel Kafka on the Shore. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature, and The Guardian praised him as one of the "world's greatest living novelists." (Source.)
Quotes
“Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.”
South of the Border, West of the Sun “Mediocrity is like a spot on your shirt, it never comes off.”
Dance Dance Dance 1988 “If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.”
Norwegian Wood “Loving someone is like having a mental illness that’s not covered by health insurance.”
First Person Singular, p. 37 “No matter how vivid memories may be, they can’t win out against the power of time.”
First Person Singular, p. 154
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Haruki Murakami in order
Books by Haruki Murakami in the order they were published, from Hear the Wind Sing (1979) to Novelist As a Vocation (2022).
- 1Hear the Wind Sing
Hear the Wind Sing1979 - 2A Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase1982 - 3Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World1985 - 4Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood1987 - 5Dance Dance Dance
Dance Dance Dance1988 - 6South of the Border, West of The
South of the Border, West of The1992 - 7The Elephant Vanishes
The Elephant Vanishes1993 - 8The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle1994 - 9Underground
Underground1997 - 10Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart1999 - 11After the Quake
After the Quake2002 - 12Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore2002 - 13After Dark
After Dark2004 - 14Strange Library
Strange Library2005 - 15Blind Window, Sleeping Woman
Blind Window, Sleeping Woman2006 - 16What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running2007 - 171Q84
1Q842009 - 181Q84 [1&2/3]
1Q84 [1&2/3]2010 - 19Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage2013 - 20Men Without Women
Men Without Women2014 - 21Killing Commendatore
Killing Commendatore2017 - 22Tokio Blues
Tokio Blues2019 - 23Novelist As a Vocation
Novelist As a Vocation2022