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Praise for Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words

Jay Rubin's engaging critical study of Haruki Murakami examines the complex intersection of the Japanese novelist's life...Rubin is a confident guide to this surreal world

Daily Telegraph

This genial guide to 'cool' Japanese author Haruki Murakami mimics the playfulness of his fictions...His intuitive 'critique' gets close to the spirit of his subject

Observer

a lively and eccentric new critical study

New York Times

Jay Rubin's engaging critical study of Haruki Murakami examines the complex intersection of the Japanese novelist's life...Rubin is a confident guide to this surreal world

Daily Telegraph

This genial guide to 'cool' Japanese author Haruki Murakami mimics the playfulness of his fictions...His intuitive 'critique' gets close to the spirit of his subject

Observer

a lively and eccentric new critical study

New York Times

Jay Rubin's engaging critical study of Haruki Murakami examines the complex intersection of the Japanese novelist's life...Rubin is a confident guide to this surreal world

Daily Telegraph

This genial guide to 'cool' Japanese author Haruki Murakami mimics the playfulness of his fictions...His intuitive 'critique' gets close to the spirit of his subject

Observer

a lively and eccentric new critical study

New York Times

Articles featuring Jay Rubin

Must-read classics in translation

Must-read classics in translation

Translated fiction is a great way to expand your mind by seeing how other cultures view the world, and what better way in than the classics? Here are some funny, accessible, strange and short books in translation to get you going.

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The best Japanese fiction in translation

The best Japanese fiction in translation