Haruki Murakami and His Early Work - The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Running Artist

In the context of Haruki Murakami's real-life activities that are conducive to his writing, this book sheds light on three of his early short stories. Comparable to his acclaimed novels in complexity and covert meaning, they reveal upon close analysis his distinctive literary creativity and enduring concerns with society.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Murakami's Self-Conscious Ambivalence as a Japanese Writer
Chapter 2: Beyond National Canonicity: Murakami and the Japanese Literary Canon
Chapter 3: Translation as a Beneficial Diversion for Murakami's Fiction Writing
Chapter 4: "The Second Bakery Attack": The Induced Burial of Young Aspirations
Chapter 5: "The Elephant Vanishes": What Efficiency Produces
Chapter 6: "TV People": The Slick Assault by Electronic Media
Chapter 7: Televisual Appropriation and Fear in "TV People" and Ringu

About the author

By Masaki Mori

Summary

In the context of Murakami Haruki’s real-life activities that are conducive to his writing, this book sheds light on three of his early short stories. Comparable to his acclaimed novels in complexity and covert meaning, they reveal upon close analysis his distinctive literary creativity and enduring concerns with society.

Product details

• Authors: Masaki Mori, Mori Masaki
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781793635976
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-597-6
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literature: history & criticism