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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  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 Wonderland and the End of th