Haruki Murakami And The Music Of Words

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REVISED & UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL ON AFTER DARK AND MURAKAMI'S FORTHCOMING WORKS

As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records & mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds
- jazz, classical, folk, rock
- & has more than six thousand records at home. & when he writes, his words have a music all their own, much of it learned from jazz. Jay Rubin, a self-confessed fan, has written a book for other fans who want to know more about this reclusive writer. He reveals the autobiographical elements in Murakami's fiction, & explains how he developed a distinctive new style in Japanese writing. In tracing Murakami's career, he uses interviews he conducted with the author between 1993 & 2001, & draws on insights & observations gathered from over ten years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works.