I still don’t know exactly what was, but I think I wanted to let out the inexplicable things that were accumulating inside me in a form of a novel.” It started more like as long aphorisms, Murakami says, but then his works evolved into stories. But when I became 29 years old after having spent my 20’s working, working and working, I suddenly felt the urge to write.
In “Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai,” he recollects how he started his career and transformed as a novelist. It was before and after his escape from Japan when Murakami went though a pivotal change. It is not clear how if it was partly because of the over-elated atmosphere in Japan, but Murakami left Japan during the 80’s and stayed abroad for a while. When “Norwegian Wood” – the title that obviously came from the Beatles’ song – with stunningly vivid red and green covers was out, people just jumped on it. Although Murakami’s style had little to do with the frenzy of the bubble economy, his thoroughly (but subdued) American style was considered new and cool. When the growth culminated as the “Bubble economy” in the late 80’s, Japanese were feeling euphoric, upbeat, and even invincible because it felt like their money kept doubling every year.
In the 80’s, Japan was rapidly transforming from an emerging economy to an economic super power. It kept the record of the “most sold book in Japan” for more than 15 years after its release. Over time, it sold more than 4 million copies in Japan, which is a country with a population a little over 100 million. Ever since his first book, he was loved by youngsters who loved art, culture and books, but “Norwegian Wood” made him a household name: it sold like crazy. are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent.After the “Rat Trilogy,” Murakami wrote “The Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” in 1985 and “Norwegian Wood” in 1987. has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami's Japanese." - The Times (London) a combination of Kafka's castle, Borges's library, and the Prisoner's TV village." - Village Voice Literary Supplement
"An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements. " mix of American fun and Japanese dread." -Esquire He is wry, absurd, and desolate." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Murakami's gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. "Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles. a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka." - Philadelphia Inquirer Murakami adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style." - Los Angeles Times Magazine "He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks." - The Washington Post Book World "Murakami's bold willingness to go straight over the top a signal indication of his genius.
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