Haruki Murakami (born January 12, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author. Murakami's fiction, often criticized for being "pop" literature by Japan's literary establishment, is humorous and surreal, and at the same time deals with themes of alienation, loneliness, and longing for love. Additionally, Murakami's writing has been criticized for portraying Japan as being obsessed with capitalism.
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| - Haruki Murakami (born January 12, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author. Murakami's fiction, often criticized for being "pop" literature by Japan's literary establishment, is humorous and surreal, and at the same time deals with themes of alienation, loneliness, and longing for love. Additionally, Murakami's writing has been criticized for portraying Japan as being obsessed with capitalism.
- Most authors are not Haruki Murakami. Murakami's works include twelve novels, dozens of short stories, an autobiography, and a non-fiction book of essays and interviews exploring a terrorist attack on Tokyo's subways that occurred in 1995. He achieved literary super-stardom in Japan with the publication of Norwegian Wood, but opinion is very much divided among the Japanese literary community whether he is a genius or a purveyor of somewhat odd popular fiction. His fans say, why not both?
- The Guardian praises him as "totally awesome" and "a bit of a lad", in spite of minor criticisms that the majority of his work is unreadable.
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| - Haruki Murakami (born January 12, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author. Murakami's fiction, often criticized for being "pop" literature by Japan's literary establishment, is humorous and surreal, and at the same time deals with themes of alienation, loneliness, and longing for love. Additionally, Murakami's writing has been criticized for portraying Japan as being obsessed with capitalism.
- Most authors are not Haruki Murakami. Murakami's works include twelve novels, dozens of short stories, an autobiography, and a non-fiction book of essays and interviews exploring a terrorist attack on Tokyo's subways that occurred in 1995. He achieved literary super-stardom in Japan with the publication of Norwegian Wood, but opinion is very much divided among the Japanese literary community whether he is a genius or a purveyor of somewhat odd popular fiction. His fans say, why not both?
- The Guardian praises him as "totally awesome" and "a bit of a lad", in spite of minor criticisms that the majority of his work is unreadable.
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