Writer: Haruki Murakami

Another writer known of but never read before prison. I found three of his novels while at Fort Dix FCI. I picked up from him the idea another variation on magic realism I learned from Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Give him a chance.

Meanwhile, InsideHook's My Conversation With Haruki Murakami Never Really Ends. This has a pretty long background to the writer before launching into an interview. Very interesting even though I have read other items about him. For writers and readers both.

5 Books Recommended by Haruki Murakami

HARUKI MURAKAMI AND THE BEAT GENERATION has:

Whilst Murakami gives few interviews and has not mentioned the Beats in any essays (that I know of), there are various references to Kerouac and his Beat peers in several of his works. These are not normally of much significance and speak little to any influence that the Beat writers had over Murakami. Indeed, they appear more like cultural touchstones or are used to show a character’s wanderlust or awareness of Western culture. Still, the references are not as superficial as they seem. For Murakami, they function as insights into a particular character, in the same way that he used references to particular artists or pieces of music.

And an analysis of Murakami's works.

 For a more straightforward essay on the man and his work go to Haruki Murakami from Books on the Hill.

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