normal Japanese in the original work, but in the English translations, his speech is written without any spaces between words. Written Japanese does not typically demarcate words with spaces. Reception Dance Dance Dance received a 69% rating from the book review aggregator iDreamBooks based on seven critics' reviews. Book information Dance Dance Dance (English edition) by Haruki Murakami; translated by Alfred Birnbaum. Hardcover , published in January 1994 by Kodansha International Paperback , published on January 31, 1995 by Vintage Press References External links Exorcising Ghosts—Links to pages of reviews and articles Official Haruki Murakami Website 1988 Japanese novels Japanese magic realism novels Novels by Haruki Murakami Novels set in Japan Postmodern novels