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Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

Born 12 January 1949

From Fushimi-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan · Nationality: Japan · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Wikipedia

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."

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).

  1. 1Hear the Wind SingHear the Wind Sing1979
  2. 2A Wild Sheep ChaseA Wild Sheep Chase1982
  3. 3Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldHard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World1985
  4. 4Norwegian WoodNorwegian Wood1987
  5. 5Dance Dance DanceDance Dance Dance1988
  6. 6South of the Border, West of TheSouth of the Border, West of The1992
  7. 7The Elephant VanishesThe Elephant Vanishes1993
  8. 8The Wind-up Bird ChronicleThe Wind-up Bird Chronicle1997
  9. 9UndergroundUnderground1997
  10. 10Sputnik SweetheartSputnik Sweetheart1999
  11. 11Kafka on the ShoreKafka on the Shore2001
  12. 12After the QuakeAfter the Quake2002
  13. 13After DarkAfter Dark2004
  14. 14Strange LibraryStrange Library2005
  15. 15Blind Window, Sleeping WomanBlind Window, Sleeping Woman2006
    What's in it (24)
  16. 16What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running2006
  17. 171Q841Q842009
  18. 18Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of PilgrimageColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage2013
  19. 19Men Without WomenMen Without Women2015
  20. 20Tokio Blues. Norwegian WoodTokio Blues. Norwegian Wood2015
  21. 21Killing CommendatoreKilling Commendatore2018
  22. 22Tokio BluesTokio Blues2019
  23. 23Novelist As a VocationNovelist As a Vocation2022

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