Haruki Murakami

How (Not) to Write a Sex Scene

Isabel Kaplan | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Bad Sex in Fiction, Haruki Murakami, Literature, Stephen King, Books, Literary Prizes, Sex, Writing, Humor, Romance Novels, Cosmopolitan, Advice, Comedy, Books News

An incredible number of literary heavyweights have been insulted with spots on the Bad Sex shortlist over the past 19 years. Which begs the question: Has sufficient attention been paid to the art of writing sex scenes?

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Literary Seductions

Allison Hill | Posted 11.29.2011

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I once slept with a man because he gave me a copy of Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Before you judge me, read the book. It's lyrical and seductive and changes the way you think about reality, about life.

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Why Everyone Else Is Wrong About 1Q84

William Ambler | Posted 12.20.2011

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Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 is not a modest endeavor. The narrative and its mysteries needs to be the selling point here: however, the prose is generally pedestrian.

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A Japanese Murakami Movie Scored By Part Of Radiohead Is Coming To The U.S.

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 12.14.2011

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We just got word that "Norwegian Wood," the 2010 Japanese movie scored by Jonny Greenwood, and based on the 1987 Haruki Murakami novel, is headed for ...

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The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2011

Anis Shivani | Posted 12.11.2011

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As usual, fall is when the big guns come out. Exciting novels by major writers like Ha Jin, Haruki Murakami, Umberto Eco, Jeffrey Eugenides and Russell Banks.

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Faulkner, Hemingway, Hesse...And Dylan?

Time | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Haruki Murakami, Literature, Folk Music, Nobel Prize, Bob Dylan, Fifty News

Bob Dylan as a Nobel Prize winner likely isn't a common conversation in mainstream America. But there is no questioning the singer's impact on pop ...

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Murakami Returns With An Excerpt From '1Q84'

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.29.2011

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Haruki Murakami is slowly making his way to our shores. The New Yorker has an exclusive excerpt (nine whole pages!) from Murakami's hotly anticipated ...

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What I Talk About When I Don't Talk About Running

Janet Turley | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Nyc, NYC Marathon, New York City Marathon, Running, Marathon, Injuries, Haruki Murakami, Fitness and Exercise, New York City, Motivational-Success, Healthy Living News

It was sometime when the needle stuck in my metatarsal joint, filling it with cortisone, that I blurted "maybe I should pick another sport."

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Amazon Editors' Top 10 Fall Books

Posted 10.09.2011

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Amazon.com has announced a top ten list of books for the fall. Chris Schluep, a Senior Editor at Amazon.com books, calls it "one of the best seasons f...

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Do Books Influence Where You Go On Vacation?

Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Great Books, Don Delillo, Jack Kerouac, Julia Child, Haruki Murakami, Vacation Books, A Room With a View, E.M. Forster, Colson Whitehead, Books News

Like movies and TV, books have a way of reaching into our subconcious and taking hold, influencing our decisions on everything from what to wear, what...

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PHOTOS: Art Inspired By Famous Authors

flavorwire.com | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Inspired Art, Art, Kurt Vonnegut, Famous Authors, Haruki Murakami, Roald Dahl, Art Inspired by Authors, UK Arts, Raymond Chandler, Books News

Few headlines will draw our attention faster than “Pin-ups based on Haruki Murakami books.” Little did we know that Super Punch’s post would lea...

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Reading Retreats: How To Get Away From Everything But Your Books

salon.com | Drew Grant | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Books, Reading Vacations, Haruki Murakami, Lev Grossman, Reading Retreats, Clark Lawrence, Colson Whitehead, Jeffrey Eugenides, Books News

I'll be absent from these pages for the next four weeks while I hole up in a cabin far from both the Internet and reliable cell phone reception. Whene...

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The Power Of Meditative Running

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Haruki Murakami, Healthy Living, Running, Aging, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Arthritis, Graceful Aging, Fitness and Exercise, Meditation Running, Meditative Running, Healthy Living News

I knew I had to do something to get my health, weight and stress level back on track, but run? I had never willingly run in my life, except during the dreaded annual Field Day at P.S. 203!

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Highly Anticipated Haruki Murakami Novel Gets October Release Date

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Knopf publicity director Paul Bogaards revealed that Haruki Murakami's highly anticipated three-volume novel will come out October 25 in a single volu...

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Japan's Top Lit Translator Comes to NYC: Gangster Fables

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'll have the pleasure of doing a bilingual reading on Thurs. Dec. 9 in New York with my good friend Motoyuki Shibata who is visiting from Japan. We...

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Weekend Reads

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last weekend, you told us about the books that you couldn't wait to read. We had too many responses to fit everything into one slide show, so here are...

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Murakami Novel Soon To Be Translated

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Many passages of '1Q84' could be translated into either first or third person, and I have asked him which he prefers in certain cases. He usually adv...

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Murakami NEW BOOK '1Q84' Released In Japan

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Eager fans waited in drizzling rain Friday to buy the third volume of Haruki Murakami's best-selling, multi-part novel "1Q84" and learn ...

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6 Books To Help You Land A Lady

Asylum | Scott Indrisek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Dating Tips, Charles Burns, Reading, Tom Peters, Authors, Damien Hirst, Haruki Murakami, Books, Julie Klausner, Impressing Women, I Don't Care About Your Band, Ultramarathon Man, Sex, Books News

We've heard that publishing is dying; evidently no one is reading anymore. But we also know that sex sells, and a certain type of young lady swoons ov...

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