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Today’s theme: Murakami Haruki

Murakami is one of Korea's most-read foreign novelists The Murakami boom, known as the "Haruki Syndrome" here, is backed by strong sales. His latest full-length novel Killing Commendatore was published here in Korea just recently. Upon its release, the book topped many book store charts across the nation. His international status heralds the twenty first century's march toward a more connected world, one in which birth has little consequence over influence, and everyone is inheritor of the multitudinous cultures that came before. Murakami's global appeal owes much to the wide range of his own tastes and talents.

>>>The Conversationalist With
Ted Goossen

Translator of Japanese literature and professor at York University in Canada
-Translated many of Murakami’s books including Strange Library, Hear the Wind Sing, Pinball 1973, Men Without Women
-and currently translating Killing Commendatore

Why do you think Haruki is described as a masterful storyteller? Why do you think he’s such a global phenomenon?
Literary critic Yoon Sang-in from Seoul National University points out the lack of Asian culture or context in Haruki’s stories, saying that the only thing that bridges Asia and his books is the market. Do you think this is a fair criticism?

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Eunbi Kim
Pianist based in New York who performed a multi-media project “Murakami Music” in Symphony Space in Manhattan

The subtitle of your performance is Stories of Loss and Nostalgia. Do you think this is a theme that encompasses most of Murakami’s works?


>>>A Few Minutes with Amos

I had to help a friend fix her computer.
Anytime I look at someone else’s computer I almost start crying.
It’s so full of junk that does nothing but slow it down. You don’t need to download 100 different anti-virus programs, your OS already has a pretty good one built in.
You don’t need 500 different search assistants. Your poor computer is literally crying from the strain of all these unnecessary programs.


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