title: A Wild Haruki Chase: Reading Murakami Around the World
author: The Japan Foundation
description: <DIV>The Japan Foundation, the only organization in Japan engaged in international cultural exchange in every region of the world, is contributing to world peace by promoting dialogue and interaction between Japanese and other peoples through the medium of culture. It consists of 19 overseas offices in 18 countries, with headquarters in Tokyo, an office in Kyoto and two language institutes.</DIV>
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
  [Cover](kindle:embed:0001?mime=image/jpg)
  
  About the Author
  
  Also by Haruki Murakami
  
  Title Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Translator’s Note
  
  Copyright
  
   **About the Author**
  
  Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. He is the
  author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction. His works
  include _Norwegian Wood_ , _The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle_ , _Kafka on the Shore_
  , _After Dark_ and _What I Talk About When I Talk About Running_. His work has
  been translated into more than forty languages, and the most recent of his
  many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients
  include J.M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V.S. Naipaul.
  
   **ALSO BY HARUKI MURAKAMI**
  
   **Fiction**
  
   _After Dark_
  
   _After the Quake_
  
   _Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman_
  
   _Dance Dance Dance_
  
   _The Elephant Vanishes_
  
   _Hard-Boiled Wonderla