Masaki Mori

Haruki Murakami and His Early Work

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Running Artist

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781793635976
• ISBN-10: 1793635978
• Artikelnr.: 60606265

Autorenporträt

Masaki Mori is associate professor and head of the department of comparative literature and intercultural studies at the University of Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

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