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Japanese writer (born 1949)
Also known as: Murakami Haruki, Харуки Мураками, هاروكي موراكامي, 무라카미 하루키, 村上春樹, Мураками Харуки
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David Mitchell1969–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetGenre-blending novels with Japanese settings, metaphysical puzzles and interlocking surreal narratives. (AI reason)
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- The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition
- Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition
- Exploring Literature -- Fourth Edition
- 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年
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