The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Strecher Matthew Carl
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 895.6; 895.635
• Soggetto topico: Japan -- Fiction; Murakami, Haruki, 1949- -- Criticism and interpretation; Short stories, Japanese -- Translations into English; Languages & Literatures; East Asian Languages & Literatures
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Power of the "Story"; 1 New Words, New Worlds; 2 Into the Mad, Metaphysical Realm; 3 Gods and Oracles, Fate and Mythology; 4 Murakami Haruki as Literary Journalist; 5 Forbidden Dreams from "Over There"; Epilogue: The Roads Not Taken; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: In an "other world" composed of language-it could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forest-a narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakami's characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterparts-people without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking machines that traverse the dark psychic underworld of this writer's extraordinary fiction.Fervently acclaimed worldwide, Murakami's wildly imaginative work in many ways remains a mystery, its worlds with
• Titolo autorizzato: The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami
• ISBN: 1-4529-4305-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786898703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II