Murakami & Music Words by Jay Rubin

Murakami & Music Words by Jay Rubin

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Murakami & Music Words by Jay Rubin

As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and 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 kindsjazz, classical, folk, rockand has more than six thousand records at home. And 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, and 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 and 2001, and draws on insights and observations gathered from over ten years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works.

Jay Rubin is a Harvard University professor of Japanese Literature. He is the author of Injurious to Public Morals: Writers and the Meiji State, as well as the editor of Contemporary Japanese Writers for Scribner Writers Series.

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ISBN 13 9781860469862
ISBN 10 1860469868
Title Murakami & Music Words
Author Jay Rubin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2002-03-28
Number of pages 340
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.