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Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami (born 1949) is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and Jerusalem Prize among others. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. The Guardian…
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Haruki Murakami (born 1949) is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and Jerusalem Prize among others.
He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. The Guardian praised him as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his works and achievements.
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First Person Singular 2021 ★ 6.0/10 1 ratings Killing Commendatore 2018 ★ 9.0/10 2 ratings Men Without Women: Stories 2017 ★ 7.0/10 2 ratings 1Q84 2011 ★ 7.3/10 12 ratings After Dark 2007 ★ 7.0/10 9 ratings 
Kafka on the Shore 2005 ★ 9.1/10 18 ratings 
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 1997 ★ 8.2/10 5 ratings 
Dance Dance Dance 1994 ★ 6.8/10 4 ratings 
The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 1991 ★ 8.0/10 10 ratings 
A Wild Sheep Chase 1989 ★ 7.7/10 11 ratings Trilogy of the Rat #3 
Hear the Wind Sing 1987 ★ 6.7/10 3 ratings Trilogy of the Rat #1 
Pinball, 1973 1985 ★ 6.3/10 3 ratings Trilogy of the Rat #2