TOKYO Haruki Murakamis new novel is set for release in Japan in February, and thats about as much as his fans are being told.
Publisher Shinchosha Publishing C. made the announcement Wednesday. The books title, theme and exact date of release remain a mystery.
The publisher showed two blank white books on its website with the message, Haruki Murakamis new novel coming soon in February 2017.
Murakamis longer novels have been released in multiple short volumes in Japanese.
A very strange story. Thats how Murakami himself described the upcoming novel at an event in Denmark, where he recently traveled to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.
There was no indication of when the new novel might be available outside of Japan.
Murakami, 67, usually shies away from the limelight, although he has spoken out on issues such as world peace and nuclear energy. He began writing while running a jazz bar in Tokyo after finishing college. His 1987 romantic novel Norwegian Wood was his first best-seller, establishing him as a young literary star.
Murakamis most recent novel is Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, which was released in Japan in 2013. A collection of short stories, Men Without Women, was published in 2014. His million-seller 1Q84 in 2009 was one of his longest novels, with the Japanese edition totaling three volumes.
Publisher Shinchosha Publishing C. made the announcement Wednesday. The books title, theme and exact date of release remain a mystery.
The publisher showed two blank white books on its website with the message, Haruki Murakamis new novel coming soon in February 2017.
Murakamis longer novels have been released in multiple short volumes in Japanese.
A very strange story. Thats how Murakami himself described the upcoming novel at an event in Denmark, where he recently traveled to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.
There was no indication of when the new novel might be available outside of Japan.
Murakami, 67, usually shies away from the limelight, although he has spoken out on issues such as world peace and nuclear energy. He began writing while running a jazz bar in Tokyo after finishing college. His 1987 romantic novel Norwegian Wood was his first best-seller, establishing him as a young literary star.
Murakamis most recent novel is Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, which was released in Japan in 2013. A collection of short stories, Men Without Women, was published in 2014. His million-seller 1Q84 in 2009 was one of his longest novels, with the Japanese edition totaling three volumes.
https://www.japantoday.com/category...ew-novel-set-for-release-in-japan-in-february
http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/harukimurakami/
fuck yes
update:
The title of the novel was announced: "Killing Commendatore" ("Kishidancho Goroshi" which means "Murder of a Knight Commander")
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170110/p2g/00m/0et/071000cTOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami will release a new novel titled "Killing Commendatore" on Feb. 24, its publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co. said Tuesday, his first multivolume novel in seven years.
The novel, comprising two books, is priced at 1,944 yen ($16.77), tax included, said Shinchosha, via which Murakami, 67, released in 2009 and 2010 a long excerpt from "Book 1" through "Book 3" of his novel "1Q84."
Murakami, one of Japan's best-known contemporary novelists and often touted as a candidate for the Novel Prize in literature, released the novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" in April 2013, and a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" (Men Without Women) in April 2014. The two books were published by Bungeishunju Ltd.
Shinchosha had announced in late November that Murakami will release a new novel in February. At that time the publisher did not disclose details including the title.
The article mentions it's two volumes, but depending on the number of pages it might be released as a single one in most countries, as it's not uncommon for single volume novels to be split in two in Japan.