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>
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  books by haruki murakami
  
  
  _after the quake_  
   _Sputnik Sweetheart_  
   _Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche_ (nonfiction)  
   _South of the Border, West of the Sun_  
   _The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle_  
   _Dance Dance Dance_  
   _The Elephant Vanishes_  
   _Norwegian Wood_  
   _Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World_  
   _A Wild Sheep Chase_  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![image](images/Mura_9780307424648_epub_001_r1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **haruki murakami**
  
  
  
  
  
  after the quake
  
  
  Born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1949, Haruki Murakami grew up in Kobe and now lives
  near Tokyo. The most recent of his many honors is the Yomiuri Literary Prize,
  whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe, and Kobo Abe.
  His work has been translated into twenty-seven languages.
  
  
  
  
  
  ![image](images/Mura_9780307424648_epub_002_r1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  INTERNATIONAL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ufo in kushiro
  
  
  Five straight days she spent in front of the television, staring at crumbled
  banks and hospitals, whole blocks of stor