The Japanization of Modernity: Murakami Haruki Between Japan and the United States

by Rebecca Suter

Book Overview

Murakami Haruki is perhaps the best-known and most widely translated Japanese author of his generation. Despite Murakami's critical and commercial success, particularly in the United States, his role as a mediator between Japanese and American literature and culture is seldom discussed. Bringing a comparative perspective to the study of Murakami's fiction, Rebecca Suter complicates our understanding of the author's oeuvre and highlights his contributions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674060768
• ISBN13: 9780674060760
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"