Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949. He met his wife, Yoko, at university and they opened a jazz club in Tokyo called Peter Cat. The massive success of his novel Norwegian Wood (1987) made him a national celebrity. He fled Japan and did not return until 1995 when he came to regard the Kobe earthquake and the Tokyo gas attack as twin manifestations of a violence just beneath the surface of Japanese life.
Awards: WFA (2006) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Series
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1. Hear the Wind Sing (1987)
2. Pinball, 1973 (1985)
3. A Wild Sheep Chase (1989)
4. Dance, Dance, Dance (1993)
1. Hear the Wind Sing (1987)
2. Pinball, 1973 (1985)
3. A Wild Sheep Chase (1989)
4. Dance, Dance, Dance (1993)
Novels
The Hard-boiled Wonderland and End of the World (1987)
Norwegian Wood (1987)
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1997)
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1999)
Sputnik Sweetheart (2001)
Kafka on the Shore (2005)
After Dark (2007)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage (2014)
Killing Commendatore (2018)
The City and its Uncertain Walls (2024)
Norwegian Wood (1987)
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1997)
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1999)
Sputnik Sweetheart (2001)
Kafka on the Shore (2005)
After Dark (2007)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage (2014)
Killing Commendatore (2018)
The City and its Uncertain Walls (2024)
Collections
The Elephant Vanishes (1993)
After the Quake (2002)
Vintage Murakami (2004)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006)
Men Without Women (2017)
First Person Singular (2021)
After the Quake (2002)
Vintage Murakami (2004)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006)
Men Without Women (2017)
First Person Singular (2021)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Haruki Murakami
More books
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Haruki Murakami recommends
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