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murakami quote of the month "Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?"
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news _______________________________________________ Thursday 25th June 2009 - Second part of new interview Sex, violence 'doors into the human soul' - in the second part to Murakami's interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, he talks about 1Q84 and how society has changed since he was first published in 1979_______________________________________________ Wednesday 24th June 2009 - News Roundup More 1Q84 roundups, this time from: Reuters India Company One Presents: After the Quake theatre production at the Boston Centre for the Arts - 17th July - 15th August. Frank Galati, a Tony Award-winner, has fashioned an enchanting and deeply moving play out of two of Murakami's short stories. A timid man woos an old flame, enchanting her anxious daughter with whimsical bedtime stories of a six-foot frog's fight to save Tokyo.
_______________________________________________ Tuesday 2nd June 2009 - 1Q84 news Bloomberg reports that unprecedented demand for Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, “1Q84,” has forced its Japanese publisher to double the first print run of the title, the company’s fastest-selling ever. Shinchosha Publishing Co. is doubling the first print run of Book 1 to 400,000 copies, and will also boost printing of Book 2 to 370,000 copies from 180,000. “1Q84” -- opens with a woman named Aomame, which means “blue bean,” listening to Czech composer Leos Janacek’s “Sinfonietta” in a Toyota Crown Royal Saloon cab. The chapters alternate between Aomame and a male character named Tengo. _______________________________________________ Saturday 30th May 2009 - 1Q84 news Well 1Q84 has been published. Don't forget to follow Daniel Morales at howtojaponese.com live bloging his reading 1Q84 over the weekend. There's been a supprising amount of English language coverage - most stating how, even before 1Q84 hits the stores, Murakami's new novel is a hit in Japan: - The Guardian _______________________________________________ Tuesday 26th May 2009 - 1Q84 news 1Q84 comes out in Japan on Friday (29th May) and to mark the occasion, Daniel Morales at howtojaponese.com is going to live blog the release over the weekend. You can read more about the live blog here and here and follow Daniels progress from the main page of his site. Daniel has also posted an interesting note about the speculation around with novels subject matter. I would highly recommend checking out Daniel's site. There's more on the 1Q84 specilation by Ben Dooley at The Millions shinchosha's official 1Q84 site 1Q84 is described as a "complex and surreal narrative" which "shifts back and forth between tales of two characters, a man and a woman, who are searching for each other." The themes consist of murder, history, cult religion, violence, family ties and love _______________________________________________
Available on 29th May 2009 from amazon.co.jp : _______________________________________________________ Very exciting news about the new novel - Shinchosha has announced that Haruki Murakami’s new book will be titled 1Q84 ( いちきゅうはちよん) - thanks to Daniel Morales for this news Daniel's original article / Daniel's updated article / Nice Livejournal discussion by atashi_tachi Scott Esposito take on the new novel in Conversational Reading Shinchosha's website for the novel (in Japanese) Interesting essay - Haruki Murakami’s Supernatural War - Quarterly Conversation by Katie Wadell added _______________________________________________________
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