Who we're reading when we're reading Murakami
Karashima, David James2020
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"How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A rare look inside the making of the "Murakami Industry"-and a thought-provoking exploration of the role of translators and editors in the creation of global literary culture. Thirty years ago, when Haruki Murakami's works were first being translated, they were part of a series of pocket-sized English-learning guides released only in Japan. Today his books are in fifty languages and have won prizes and sold millions of copies globally. How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? This book tells one key part of the story. Its cast includes an expat trained in art history who never intended to become a translator; a Chinese-American ex-academic who never planned to work as an editor; and other publishing professionals in New York, London, and Tokyo who together introduced an understated, pop-inflected, unexpected Japanese voice to the wider literary world. David Karashima synthesises research, correspondence, and interviews with dozens of individuals-including Murakami himself-to examine how countless behind-the-scenes choices over the course of many years worked to build an internationally celebrated author's persona and oeuvre. He looks beyond the "Murakami Industry" toward larger questions: How active a role should translators and editors play in framing their writers' texts? What does it mean to translate and edit "for a market"? How does Japanese culture get packaged and exported for the West?"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Who we're reading when we're reading Murakami / David Karashima.
Author:
Karashima, David James, author
Edition:
First Soft Skull edition.
Imprint:
New York : Soft Skull, 2020.©2020
Collation:
xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Pinball, 1973 and Hear the Wind Sing -- A Wild Sheep Chase -- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World -- The Elephant Vanishes and Dance Dance Dance -- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
ISBN:
978159376589797815937658971593765894
Dewey class:
895.635
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
381671
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 895.635 KAR | Available |