The novel The City And Its Uncertain Walls was written by the 74-year-old author during the Covid-19 pandemic, telling the story of the main character’s journey into a surrounded city. by high walls. The 661-page book is divided into three parts, in which the main character moves from adolescence to middle age.
Murakami shares about the new book: I started writing this novel in 2020 when the Corona virus began to rage in Japan and I took nearly 3 years to complete The famous author added that while writing the book he did not move and only focused on writing.
The interesting thing is the book The City And Its Uncertain Walls</em > by Murakami is a revised version of one of his works published in a magazine in 1980. He said: “Now I have the ability to write novels exactly as I want. I think it’s time for me to rewrite that story.”
The City And Its Uncertain Wallswas started by the author in January 2020 and completed in January 2020. December 2022. This is also the time when the world witnessed many changes and instability. The war between Russia and Ukraine and the instability in the world due to the epidemic are all mentioned by the author.
< p>Launched to Japanese audiences in mid-April, the novel The City And Its Uncertain Walls quickly became a phenomenon in Japan. Many people stood in line right from the night outside bookstore to be the first to get their hands on this book.
“I’m really excited” Kaori Otoh, a long-time fan of Murakami, shared when holding the novel in her hands. new by the author. Another 32-year-old fan of Mr. Korato Watanabe said: “I will have to fight very hard not to open the book to read at work. I look forward to seeing a different ending in this book.”
Shinchosha Publishing (the novel’s publisher) announces the initial print run of The City And Its Uncertain Walls‘s 300,000 copies sold more than half in the first weekend. They plan to have a second edition and an English translation of the work scheduled for release later this year.</p >
Haruki Murakami, born in 1949, is an internationally famous Japanese writer with big fan. To date, his books have been translated into about 50 languages. He has many typical books such as South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992) Sputnik Lover (1999) Kafka on the Shore (2002) 1Q84 (2009) Norwegian Wood…< /p>
Murakami’s novels are often surreal works with many details with the influence of popular culture. He received the Jerusalem Prize – an award for authors who write about freedom, peace, and social issues in 2007.
In addition to praise and influence, Murakami also received some controversy. Some critics believe that female characters in Murakami’s books are often sexualized or defined only in relation to the male protagonist.
Murakami once shared his views on the issue “If the sex is good, your wounds will be healed, your imagination will be invigorated. In that sense in my stories women are heralds of the world to come. That’s why they always come to the main character and the main character doesn’t need to come to them.”
Murakami’s works are mostly dark in color. He asserted that darkness is a form of subconscious, an alteration of the ego that resonates with the negative aspects of himself and helps him better understand himself.
Writing a novel for me is digging into the deepest parts. I am now approaching the age of 75 and don’t know how many more works I can write. Therefore, I strongly feel that I am I have to write my new book with real passion and spend a lot of time writing,” he said.
Murakami further confided: “Many people say that my novels are related to magical realism, but I am not influenced by this genre. I simply believe in the power of magic realism.” The power of storytelling has been lost in modern Western literature.”
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