Murakami Haruki
Japanese author Haruki Murakami wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), Norwegian Wood (1987) and 1Q84 (2009), among others.
Synopsis
Born January 12, 1949 in Kyoto, Haruki Murakami won a prize for his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing (1979). His unusual style has been called "mysterious and surreal," a postmodern departure from other contemporary Japanese literature. Murakami's 1987 novel Norwegian Wood was a huge hit in Japan. Other titles include The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles (1995), Kafka on the Shore (2002) and 1Q84 (2009).
