Description: An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller--and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers --New York Times Book Review A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: Esquire, Vulture, LitHub, New York Observer Book and Mortar Record Store Novelist as a Vocation -- Haruki Murakami 23.93 An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller--and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers --New York Times Book Review A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: Esquire, Vulture, LitHub, New York Observer Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this engaging book from the internationally best-selling author. Haruki Murakami now shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Here are the personal details of a life devoted to craft: the initial moment at a Yakult Swallows baseball game, when he suddenly knew he could write a novel; the importance of memory, what he calls a writer's "mental chest of drawers"; the necessity of loneliness, patience, and his daily running routine; the seminal role a carrier pigeon played in his career and more. What I want to say is that in a certain sense, while the novelist is creating a novel, he is simultaneously being created by the novel as well. --Haruki Murakami Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Published: 11/08/2022 Pages: 224 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 0.90lbs Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 1.10d ISBN: 9780451494641 Review Citation(s): Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2022 pg. 13 Publishers Weekly 09/12/2022 Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2022 Library Journal 10/01/2022 pg. 141 Booklist 11/01/2022 pg. 202
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Original Language: Japanese
Book Title: Novelist As a Vocation
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Authorship, Asian / Japanese, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Composition & Creative Writing, Essays, Books & Reading
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Haruki Murakami
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
