I’m in the Norwegian woods;
reading ‘Norwegian Wood’.
So, of course (?) I played the Beatles’ song on a lark and now can’t stop thinking about the Droster effect.
Book 12, 2024: Novelist as Vocation - Haruki Murakami. I used to read Murakami a lot but sort of lost interest along the way. I picked up this in a bookshop’s closing-down sale, and quite liked it. It collects essays about being a writer, some earlier ones of which were printed in a Japanese magazine. The more recently written articles resonated with me more (fewer exclamation marks, for one thing), especially the essay about being physically in shape as a writer, and one about how he targeted success in the US. #Murakami#books#reading@bookstodon
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great (albeit short) memoir, full of introspection and interesting thoughts on running.
This is the book I wanted to read and didn't know. It's an awesome read about running, writing, and the author's own mind. I found myself nodding in agreement to him too many times, thinking "damn, this guy gets me". Pretty inspiring as well.
I haven't read any of Murakami's books yet, but after this, I'll really have to!
Murakami, Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras: "Yo solo escribo lo que me da la gana"
El escritor japonés más leído del mundo y uno de los nombres habituales en las quinielas del Nobel de Literatura recoge este viernes el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras
El legado literario de Murakami: cinco obras esenciales
Desde 'Tokio Blues' hasta 'Hombres sin mujeres', repasamos algunos de los títulos más importantes del escritor japonés Haruki Murakami, ganador del premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras 2023
Sergio Antoranz hace un recorrido por los protagonistas de Murakami, que pasean por el mundo desposeídos de sustancia. Gracias a esta ausencia son grandes observadores