PEN Conversations with Distinguished Foreign Writers: Haruki Murakami
from PEN America Hosted by PEN America
This is Haruki Murakami's first speaking engagement ever, and his conversation with Jay McInerney covers many of the topics that have obsessed Murakami's fans since he first began to publish, from the influence of American culture and literature on his work to the genesis of the typical Murakami protagonist to the development of his style. Murakami and McInerney also discuss Japanese culture, hardboiled crime novels, Raymond Carver, and why earn turn up so often in Murakami's books.
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