Murakami Haruki is an important figure in contemporary Japanese letters for his extensive translations from American fiction, and the enormous popularity of his own fiction has drawn attention to his ...
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In the following review, Loughman discusses the sense of emptiness conveyed by the themes and characters of The Elephant Vanishes.
Among Japanese writers born after the war whose work has been transla...
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In the following review, Ulin describes the general style, themes, principal characters, and tone of Murakami's short fiction in The Elephant Vanishes.
For better or worse, we live today in an ...
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In the following review, McCue focuses on the indifferent descriptions and emotional detachment of Murakami's narrative style in The Elephant Vanishes.
Haruki Murakami's people are mostl...
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Haruki Murakami
Critical Review by Celeste Loughman
