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. |
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