Haruki Murakami, is considered one of the most prestigious contemporary writers and his works are considered to reflect the spirit of Mono no aware.
Norwegian Wood is one of his most-sold novels and I admit, it made a huge impression to me when I read it. It is difficult to capture the feelings it conjures but one thing is for certain: it cannot pass unnoticed! Rumour has it that it was banned from summer reading in some New Jersey schools because of parents' complaints - they found that it contained explicit scenes and deemed it inappropriate for teenagers.
Well, personally I condemn any form of censorship and find it plainly stupid to accuse literature for corruption since the birth of TV and Internet,so I keep being a fan and...
...here is a list of his novels and I intend to read as many as possible, so can have a more spherical opinion of his work...
- Hear the Wind Sing (1971)
- Pinball, 1973 (1980)
- Wild Sheep Chase, a (1982)
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985)
- Norwegian Wood (1987)
- Dance Dance Dance (1988)
- South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992)
- Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, the (1994)
- Sputnik Sweetheart, the (1999)
- Kafka on the Shore (2002)
- After Dark (2004)
