Haruki Murakami

Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 26-31

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Week 7 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project and we're moving along with less than two weeks now to the shortlist announcement. This week's reviews are: Jahnavi Barua's Rebirth (India) by Fay of Read, Ramble who thinks it has some interesting things to say about women's lives in contemporary India … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 26-31

Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 11-17

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Week 5 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project and we're moving along with quite a bumper crop of reviews this week  ... Haruki Murakami's IQ84 (Japan) by Matt of A Novel Approach. Matt, a student of Japanese literature, has mixed feelings. He calls it unwieldy, though he also admits that … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 11-17

Delicious descriptions from Down Under: Alice Pung and Haruki Murakami

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Regular readers here may know that I like Haruki Murakami and so will understand that I was tickled when, out of the blue, Alice Pung alludes to Murakami in her book, Her father's daughter, that I reviewed earlier this week. It appears in her description of a prostitute who has come into her father's Retravison … Continue reading Delicious descriptions from Down Under: Alice Pung and Haruki Murakami