Based on special feature articles appearing in Wochi kochi, vol. 12, with some additional articles newly written; the Japanese text translated into English.
How to view the "Haruki boom" / by Inuhiko Yomota
The global distributed self-mirroring subterranean neurological soul-sharing picture show / by Richard Powers
What we talk about when we talk about Murakami / by Roland Kelts
The sense of loss in Murakami's works and Korea's 386 generation / by Kim Choon Mie
What Russians see in Murakami / by Ivan Sergeevich Logatchov
Lu Xun and Murakami : a genealogy of the Ah Q image in East Asian literature / by Shozo Fujii
The other side of happiness : acting in Tony Takitani / by Issey Ogata
Haruki Murakami as a contemporaneous phenomenon / by Koichi Oi
Contemporary Japanese literature finds a global following / by Shinya Machida.
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A wild Haruki chase : reading Murakami around the world. ISBN 9781933330662. Published by Stone Bridge in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
