Murakami Haruki and Our Years of Pilgrimage

Gitte Marianne Hansen, Michael Tsang

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Routledge
20 August 2021

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

This book is a timely and expansive volume on Murakami Haruki, arguably Japan's most high-profile contemporary writer.

With contributions from prominent Murakami scholars, this book approaches the works of Murakami Haruki through interdisciplinary perspectives, discussing their significance and value through the lenses of history; geography; politics; gender and sexuality; translation; and literary influence and circulation. Together the chapters provide a multifaceted assessment on Murakami’s literary oeuvre in the last four decades, vouching for its continuous importance in understanding the world and Japan in contemporary times. The book also features exclusive material that includes the cultural critic Katō Norihiro’s final work on Murakami – his chapter here is one of the few works ever translated into English – to interviews with Murakami and discussions from his translators and editors, shedding light not only on Murakami’s works as literature but as products of cross-cultural exchanges.

Murakami Haruki and Our Years of Pilgrimage will prove a valuable resource for students and scholars of Japanese studies, comparative and world literature, cultural studies, and beyond.

Edited by: Gitte Marianne Hansen, Michael Tsang
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780367181413
ISBN 10: 036718141X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 August 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gitte Marianne Hansen is Senior Lecturer in Japanese studies at Newcastle University, UK. She is an AHRC Leadership Fellow and PI for a project on Murakami Haruki. She is the author of Femininity, Self-harm and Eating Disorders in Japan: Navigating Contradiction in Narrative and Visual Culture (2016). Michael Tsang is Leverhulme postdoctoral fellow at School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University. His research interests lie in world/postcolonial literatures and media with an Asian focus. He is published in Japan Forum, Wasafiri, Sanglap, and other journals and edited volumes. He is the founding editor of Hong Kong Studies.