Haruki Murakami (placeholder)

Besides good character building, I see he can make his characters talk about things that have nothing to do with what’s happening in the character’s lives….I mean, I expected to only read about war in a story about war….I guess I’m trying to figure out what makes Murukami murukami…

Norwegian Wood and Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World are my absolute favorites. I have so so so many questions for this man. Does he ever do book tours?!

Is there any real way of ever meeting the very elusive Haruki?

He’s insanely talented and obviously very intelligent and creative. I would love to have a conversation with him!

I found “A Wild Sheep Chase” languishing in a guesthouse in Phnom Penh back in 2002. It looked not horrible (compared to the usual fare found on hostel book shelves) so I grabbed it. The story hooked me from the get-go and I’ve been a huge fan ever since.

Haruki is my friend on MySpace and he commented on my page once. But I don’t count this as “knowing” him. ;)

I’ve been in love with him since I read the Wind-Up Bird Chronicles for the first and subsequently, many many times, along with his other books.

We named our puppy after Murakami! See Ruki:

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One day when I was sick and depressed I read a book about a guy who looks for a sheep witha star on its back. i felt better. thanks murakami!

Haruki Murakami is about the age of my parents, except he’s much much more articulate. It would have been great having him as an uncle who would come around and play all his favourite records for me and then make up little stories to go along with them. I want to know what he thinks of Ryu Murakami and how he feels to be compared to Banana a lot. Moreover I’d like to see some of the talks he’s given at universities and maybe sit around a cafe talking about the neighbourhood cats. something like that.