About the author

Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. His work has received numerous awards, including the World Fantasy Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize.

Murakami's most notable works include A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994–95), Kafka on the Shore (2002), and 1Q84 (2009–10). He has also translated into Japanese works by writers including Raymond Carver and J. D. Salinger. His fiction, sometimes criticized by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, was influenced by Western writers from Chandler to Vonnegut by way of Brautigan. It is frequently surrealistic and melancholic or fatalistic, marked by a Kafkaesque rendition of the "recurrent themes of alienation and loneliness" he weaves into his narratives. Steven Poole of The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his works and achievements.

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Trækopfuglens krønike

"Toru Okada er et meget almindeligt menneske; men mystiske begivenheder og mennesker tårner sig op omkring ham, da han hvirvles ind i trækopfuglens krønike." Denne store roman er Murakamis hovedværk. Den leger ubesværet med sprog og genre, veksler elegant mellem realisme og mystik og fører læseren ind i den japanske historie. Og som underlægningsmusik hører vi sære fugleskrig og kanebjælder i cyberspace.
20,33  EUR
Audiobook
 
Edition1. udg.
Printed pages
Publish date11 Oct 2011
Published byKlim
Languagedan
ISBN audio9788779559516