MurakamiHarukiMurakamiwasborninKyotoin1949butspentmostofhisyouthinKobe.HisfatherwasthesonofaBuddhistpriest;hismotherwasthedaughterofanOsakamerchant.BothtaughtJapaneseliterature.Sincechildhood,MurakamihasbeenheavilyinfluencedbyWesternculture,particularlyWesternmusicandliterature.HegrewupreadingarangeofworksbyAmericanwriterssuchasKurtVonnegutandRichardBrautigan,andheisoftendistinguishedfromotherJapanesewritersforhisWesterninfluences.MurakamistudiedtheaterartsatWasedaUniversityinTokyo,wherehemethiswife,Yoko.Hisfirstjobwasinarecordstore,whichiswhereoneofhismaincharacters,ToruWatanabefromNorwegianWood,works.Shortlybeforefinishinghisstudies,Murakamiopenedthejazzbar"PeterCat"inKokubunji,Tokyo,whichheranfrom1974until1982.Manyofhisnovelshavemusicalthemesandtitlesreferringtoclassicalmusicforexample,thethreebooksconsistingTheWind-UpBirdChronicle:TheThievingMagpie(afterRossini'sorchestraloverture),BirdasProphet(afterapianopiecebyRobertSchumann),andTheBird-Catcher(aprotagonistinMozart'soperaTheMagicFlute).Someofhisnovelsarenamedaftersongs:Dance,Dance,Dance(fromTheSteveMillerBand),NorwegianWood(aftertheBeatles'song)andSouthoftheBorder,WestoftheSun(thefirstpartbeingthetitleofasongbyNatKingCole).。
挪威的森冷——NorwegianWood奇鸟形状录——TheWind-UpBirdChronicle舞舞舞——dance!dance!dance！寻羊冒险记——AWildSheepChase国境以南，太阳以西——SouthoftheBorder,WestoftheSun海边的卡夫卡——KafkaontheShore神的孩子全跳舞——AllGod'sChildrenCanDance贼喜鹊——TheThievingMagpie预言鸟——BirdasProphet且听风吟——HeartheWindSing世界末日与冷酷异境——Hard-BoiledWonderlandandtheEndoftheWorld黑夜之后——AfterDar遇见百分之百的女孩——OnSeeingthe100%PerfectGirlOneBeautifulAprilMorningTheElephantVanishes再袭面包店——TheSecondBakeryAttack。
MurakamiHarukiMurakamiwasborninKyotoin1949butspentmostofhisyouthinKobe.HisfatherwasthesonofaBuddhistpriest;hismotherwasthedaughterofanOsakamerchant.BothtaughtJapaneseliterature.Sincechildhood,MurakamihasbeenheavilyinfluencedbyWesternculture,particularlyWesternmusicandliterature.HegrewupreadingarangeofworksbyAmericanwriterssuchasKurtVonnegutandRichardBrautigan,andheisoftendistinguishedfromotherJapanesewritersforhisWesterninfluences.MurakamistudiedtheaterartsatWasedaUniversityinTokyo,wherehemethiswife,Yoko.Hisfirstjobwasinarecordstore,whichiswhereoneofhismaincharacters,ToruWatanabefromNorwegianWood,works.Shortlybeforefinishinghisstudies,Murakamiopenedthejazzbar"PeterCat"inKokubunji,Tokyo,whichheranfrom1974until1982.Manyofhisnovelshavemusicalthemesandtitlesreferringtoclassicalmusicforexample,thethreebooksconsistingTheWind-UpBirdChronicle:TheThievingMagpie(afterRossini'sorchestraloverture),BirdasProphet(afterapianopiecebyRobertSchumann),andTheBird-Catcher(aprotagonistinMozart'soperaTheMagicFlute).Someofhisnovelsarenamedaftersongs:Dance,Dance,Dance(fromTheSteveMillerBand),NorwegianWood(aftertheBeatles'song)andSouthoftheBorder,WestoftheSun(thefirstpartbeingthetitleofasongbyNatKingCole).。
