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November 24, 2000 |
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Haruki Murakami likes to think of himself as a lost little boy.
And he speaks in low, unassuming tones about his talent -- "if
I have one."
But if the most influential Japanese novelist of his generation
has the heart of a shy, thoughtful child, he's also intent
on creating his share of mischief.
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"Those stories do dangerous things to some of the readers,"
says Murakami, youthful and athletic at 51, in a gray T-shirt
and jeans. "It's kind of a poisonous injection -- that's
what I want to do."
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Murakami is pushing that poison to his American readership
in unprecedented doses.
A translation of the novel that made him a literary star
in Japan -- "Norwegian Wood" -- was published by
Vintage Books in September. Two more recent novels have hit
U.S. bookstores since 1997, and another two titles are due
out next year.
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The full-throttled move into the U.S. marketplace is greatly
expanding the writer's presence on American bookshelves, and
giving his fans there an ever-widening look into his enigmatic,
often troubling work.
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Disconcerting twists
Murakami's books are full of disorienting twists: characters
crawl down wells and slip into netherworlds; they come face
to face with evil and lose their souls; their personalities
split apart.
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