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Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami,Used
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How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A 'fascinating' look at the 'business of bringing a bestselling novelist to a global audience' (The Atlantic)and a rigorous exploration of the role of translators and editors in the creation of literary culture (The Paris Review).Thirty years ago, when Haruki Murakamis works were first being translated, they were part of a series of pocketsize Englishlearning guides released only in Japan. Today his books can be read in fifty languages and have won prizes and sold millions of copies globally. How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? This book tells one key part of the story. Its cast includes an expat trained in art history who never intended to become a translator; a Chinese American exacademic who never planned to work as an editor; and other publishing professionals in New York, London, and Tokyo who together introduced a popinflected, unexpected Japanese voice to the wider literary world.David Karashima synthesizes research, correspondence, and interviews with dozens of individualsincluding Murakami himselfto examine how countless behindthescenes choices over the course of many years worked to build an internationally celebrated authors persona and oeuvre. His careful look inside the making of the Murakami Industry' uncovers larger questions: What role do translators and editors play in framing their writers texts? What does it mean to translate and edit for a market? How does Japanese culture get packaged and exported for the West?
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