Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami est un écrivain japonais contemporain. Auteur de romans à succès, mais aussi de nouvelles et d'essais, Murakami a reçu une douzaine de prix et autres distinctions. Traduit en cinquante langues et édité à des millions d'exemplaires, il est un des auteurs japonais contemporains les plus lus au monde.
Murakami est également reconnu au Japon comme traducteur de l'anglais en japonais , et comme journaliste-essayiste .
Revendiquant des influences allant de Raymond Chandler à Kurt Vonnegut en passant par Richard Brautigan et Franz Kafka, Murakami est rapproché de la littérature postmoderniste. Ses récits sont appréciés pour leur forme de réalisme magique qui voit la quête picaresque se teinter de romantisme ou de surréalisme, et l'enquête policière flirter avec le fantastique ou la science-fiction ; y affleurent la poésie et l'humour, malgré la dimension mélancolique de leurs narrateurs qui évoquent obliquement des thèmes existentiels tels que la solitude, l'incommunicabilité et l'aliénation au sein de la postmodernité des sociétés capitalistes. Wikipedia

Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre Sputnik Sweetheart
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami livre La Ballade de l'impossible
Source: Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 12
Contexte: Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the distant past. We're so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, new terminology... But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone. And for me, what happened in the woods that day is one of these.
Haruki Murakami livre South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything's possible when it comes to love.”
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore
“Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.”
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore
“Mediocrity is like a spot on your shirt, it never comes off.”
Haruki Murakami livre Dance Dance Dance
Dance, Dance, Dance
Source: Dance Dance Dance
“I’ve built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself”
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre Sputnik Sweetheart
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre La Ballade de l'impossible
Source: Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami livre Dance Dance Dance
Source: Dance Dance Dance
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre A Wild Sheep Chase
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 2: Sixteen Steps
“I wonder what ants do on rainy days?”
Haruki Murakami livre La Ballade de l'impossible
Source: Norwegian Wood
“I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you.”
Haruki Murakami livre Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Source: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 35, Nail Clippers, Butter Sauce, Iron Vase
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami livre La Ballade de l'impossible
Source: Norwegian Wood
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
“Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.”
Haruki Murakami livre Kafka sur le rivage
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami livre Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Haruki Murakami livre Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 38, Escape
“Never let fear and stupid pride make you lose someone who's precious to you.”
Haruki Murakami livre Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.”
Haruki Murakami livre South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun