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Informationen zum Autor Masaki Mori is associate professor and head of the department of comparative literature and intercultural studies at the University of Georgia. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
