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Haruki Murakami - Coggle Diagram
Haruki Murakami
Bio (personal)
owned a jazz club prior to writing, called "Peter-Cat"
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has a wife, he has his wife read all his writing
likes Cormac McCarthy
reflects in his writing that he writes almost desensitized to "creepy situation" (the mirror) (added after reading the stories)
never wanted to have children, and he is a seasoned runner and loves triathlons
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no set religion (that we know of), incorporated religion from Buddhism, Christianity, folklore mythology (not specifically Japanese)
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Translator
his translators shaped his books for western audiences which is a big reason of why he was well received
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switched editors to Gary Fisketjon in the 90s and switched again to Jay Rubin
Birnbaum didn't know if he was ghosted or he left, he can't decide
Rubin would also make a lot of changes, cut sections of "Wind Up Bird Chronicle" because he thought it was too crazy/chaotic
Rubin would release his version and an original version so that there was still the entire original to explore
most translators felt that his original works would have to be changed to be received well by americans
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Themes
loss, love, spirituality, dreams, music, redemption, sexual identity
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Time Period
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modern era
most writing feels applicable to modern time period-- doesn't allude to any specific historical time period (like series of unfortunate events, could take place at many times)
his form of magical realism doesn't feel like "big fish" or CODF, feels more connected to reality and playing with the extent of how we interpret reality itself
regardless of the time period, he has been criticized as a misogynist
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Writing Styles
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dreamy, talks about illusions and the extent of the mind
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Culture
Japanese
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strays from cultural Japanese mythology, uses other mythologies
magical realism is more based around normalizing paranormal experiences, lack of god
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