Novelist as a Vocation
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Publisher Price: $17.00
ISBN13: 9781101974537
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Nov 7 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers --New York Times Book Review Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this engaging book from the internationally best-selling author. Haruki Murakami now shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Here are the personal details of a life devoted to craft: the initial moment at a Yakult Swallows baseball game, when he suddenly knew he could write a novel; the importance of memory, what he calls a writer's mental chest of drawers; the necessity of loneliness, patience, and his daily running routine; the seminal role a carrier pigeon played in his career and more.
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