The Existentialist Vision of Haruki Murakami

by Michael Ackland

Haruki Murakami has often been accused of being a feckless, merely popular writer, but in this study Michael Ackland demonstrates that this is not the case, arguing that Murakami has not only assimilated the existentialist heritage but innovatively changed and revitalized it, thereby placing exciting personal possibilities within the reach of his worldwide readership.

Ackland's study begins by tracing the troubled introduction of such alien...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621966178
• ISBN13: 9781621966173
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"