Murakami T

The T-Shirts I Love

Murakami T
Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel
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Hardback
h178 x 140mm - 192pg
16 Nov 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781787303195
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The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet- Here are photographs of Murakami' s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet- Here are photographs of Murakami' s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Haruki Murakami' s books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion- his T-shirt-collecting habit. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts - including gems found in bookshops, charity shops and record stores - from those featuring whisky, animals, cars and superheroes, to souvenirs of marathons and a Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story ' Tony Takitani' . Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami' s multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.
Haruki Murakami (Author) In 1978, Haruki Murakami was twenty-nine and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, won a new writers' award and was published the following year. More followed, including A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but it was Norwegian Wood, published in 1987, that turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon. His books became bestsellers, were translated into many languages, including English, and the door was thrown wide open to Murakami' s unique and addictive fictional universe. Murakami writes with admirable discipline, producing ten pages a day, after which he runs ten kilometres (he began long-distance running in 1982 and has participated in numerous marathons and races), works on translations, and then reads, listens to records and cooks. His passions colour his non-fiction output, from What I Talk About When I Talk About Running to Absolutely On Music, and they also seep into his novels and short stories, providing quotidian moments in his otherwise freewheeling flights of imaginative inquiry. In works such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84 and Men Without Women, his distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring Murakami' s place as one of the world' s most acclaimed and well-loved writers.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781787303195
Published: 16 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Harvill Secker
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 178mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 192

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