HARUKI MURAKAMI was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and one of the most recent of his many international honors is the Cino Del Duca World Prize, whose previous recipients include Jorge Luis Borges, Ismail Kadare, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Named one of the best books of the year by Esquire, Open the
Magazine
"[A] very personal guide to fiction writing peppered with biography
and opinion, contains a handful of strange, and strangely
revealing, moments...Novelist As a Vocation is a series
of intriguing glimpses inside the singular mind of
Murakami" --Sean O’Hagan, The Guardian
"Haruki Murakami’s splendid second memoir of
sorts...Novelist as a Vocation is an indispensable
contribution to understanding Murakami’s astounding mind and
method. It shows what makes Murakami run — on the street and on the
page." --Robert Allen Papinchak, Los Angeles Review of Books
★ "Murakami has written 14 acclaimed novels, including Hear the
Wind Sing, Kafka on the Shore, Norwegian Wood, and his best-selling
IQ84; dozens of short stories; and over a dozen books of essays and
other nonfiction...Novelist is indeed his true vocation, and in
this collection of 11 interconnected essays, he tells would-be
fiction writers, struggling novelists, and his many devoted readers
about the path he’s followed and the ideas and thoughts he’s had in
the process...Although this is a concrete and practical guide, as
Murakami intended, it is also a fascinating personal and
professional memoir." --Marcia Welsh, Library Journal (starred
review)
"In this winsome volume, one of our greatest novelists invites
readers into his creative process. The result is a revealing
self-portrait that answers many burning questions about its
reclusive subject, like: where do Murakami’s strange and
surreal ideas come from? When and how did he start writing? How
does he view the role of novels in contemporary society? Novelist
as a Vocation is a rare and welcome peek behind the curtain of a
singular mind." --Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire ("The Best
Books of Fall 2022")
"[A] very personal guide to fiction writing peppered with biography
and opinion, contains a handful of strange, and strangely
revealing, moments...Novelist As a Vocation is a series of
intriguing glimpses inside the singular mind of
Murakami" --Sean O’Hagan, The Guardian
★ "[Murakami]...reveals the tricks of the trade in this stellar
essay collection...Lighthearted yet edifying, the anecdotes make
for a fantastic look at how a key literary figure made it happen.
Murakami’s fans will relish these amusing missives." --Publishers
Weekly (Starred Review)
"....a lively collection of 11 essays...Amidst these challenges to
prevailing wisdom, Murakami describes the path that led him to
become a novelist, and offers plentiful insights into his craft,
including his three requirements on what constitutes originality,
the habits aspiring writers should follow, the factors he considers
when determining the length and form of each work, and more....This
genial collection offers one writer's perspective on how they got
that way." —Michael Magras, Shelf Awareness
"...a delightful volume on how to be a successful author...Murakami
is a modern treasure." —Chris Rutledge, Washington Independent
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