Murakami's works have been dismissed by critics as apolitical and a-historical...- Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words
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Sunday, 4 December 2011
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Roan words
You know that scene in Crocodile Dundee where Mick knocks out some muggers, stands on them in victorious pose, and has his picture taken by shutter-happy Japanese tourists, one of whom says: 'Iss, ah, Krrrint Eastwood'?
Well, er, it's true. I am indebted to Jay Rubin, oftentimes translator of Haruki Murakami, for the information that the original Japanese title of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is, no kidding, Sekai no owari to hadoboirudo wandarando.
Though why the title is backwards, I can't tell you.
Well, er, it's true. I am indebted to Jay Rubin, oftentimes translator of Haruki Murakami, for the information that the original Japanese title of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is, no kidding, Sekai no owari to hadoboirudo wandarando.
Though why the title is backwards, I can't tell you.
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