The world renowned Japanese\u00a0author Haruki Murakami is best known for his works of realist come absurdist fiction exploring the tough questions that concern humanity. A Japanese writer, his ideas appeal internationally and should be on everyone\u2019s \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to-read list.<\/p>\n
The book that propelled Haruki Murakami to fame, Norwegian Wood <\/em>follows the student years of Toru Watanabe and his experiences with two women. Set in Tokyo\u00a0in the 1960s, the novel was a huge hit among students in the 80\u2019s, as it saw one of the first depictions of the defeating nature of a student revolution and inspired many with a passion for contemporary politics and social action. All-in-all, this one is both a compelling and revealing read, and a fine place to start a journey through Murakami\u2019s works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Perhaps the most widely read of all Murukami\u2019s works, 1Q84 <\/em>reached the one million sales mark just one month after its publication. The title, a reference to George Orwell\u2019s 1984, introduces the theater of action: a fictional Tokyo in a fictional 1984. The book\u2019s premise is based on the idea that a single action will change the entire path of an individual\u2019s life, much in the same vein as Tolstoy’s\u00a0Forged Coupon. <\/em>In this case, it\u2019s the life of protagonist Aomame. A compelling read ensues.<\/p>\n Kafka On The Shore<\/em>, published in 2002, narrates two separate yet interrelated plots, interchanging between them with each paragraph or chapter. Like Murukami\u2019s other novels, Kafka on the Shore<\/em> depicts a blend of pop culture, magical realism and sexuality but has a larger focus on Japanese\u00a0religious traditions. There is also an overarching tendency to absurdity in this one, poking through with the protagonist\u2019s prolonged conversations with cats and curious psuedo-nuclear goings on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The world renowned Japanese\u00a0author Haruki Murakami is best known for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[731,35,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whichbookwouldyouread-bookoftheweek-themes-themeoftheweek-quotes-inspirationalquotes","category-studentnews-didyouknow-facts-interestingwords-interestingpeople-onthisday-interestingwordsandexpressions","category-teachernews-trainingconferences-didyouknow-facts-interestingwords-interestingpeople-onthisday-interestingwordsandexpressions","cat_731","cat_35","cat_34"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4921,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions\/4921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1Q84 <\/em>(2009)<\/h3>\n
Kafka on The Shore <\/em>(2002)<\/h3>\n