Haruki Murakami and His Early Work: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Running Artist

In the context of Haruki Murakami’s real-life activities that are conducive to his writing, this book sheds light on three of his early short stories. Comparable to his acclaimed novels in complexity and covert meaning, they reveal upon close analysis his distinctive literary creativity and enduring concerns with society.

Masaki Mori is associate professor and head of the department of comparative literature and intercultural studies at the University of Georgia.