coming October 25, 2011
“The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and best-selling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell’s 1984.” (928 pages)
from an interview with Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold in the January ’08 SPIN:
“I’d like to be less Jonathan Safran Foer and more Haruki Murakami”
From an interview with Haruki Murakami by Roland Kelts:
Kelts: Okay, you’re about to take off tomorrow for distant lands. I hate asking you this, but here goes: What are your three favorite overseas destinations?
Murakami: First would be Boston, Massachusetts in America, because it’s the most convenient and satisfying city for collecting secondhand jazz records. Plus, there are many delicious Indian restaurants in Boston – and you can find Samuel Adams draft beer anywhere in town. You can also run the marathon there – which I’ve done a few times. In Europe, I really like Stockholm, Sweden. Again, there’s a wonderful secondhand record shop there, and I visited that store every day for three days straight. The owner is a fanatical collector of great jazz records. And here’s something unusual: The passengers on the subways in Stockholm are almost all talking on their cell phones all the time. It’s very surreal. I also love Sydney in Australia. Although most of the people there wear boring clothes, because the fashions are really casual and simple, the food and wine in Sydney is excellent. How mysterious! Also, the aquarium and zoo in Sydney are both unique and wonderful. Unfortunately, there’s not a single good secondhand record store there. Maybe that will change in the future.
From Haruki Murakami, Kafka On The Shore:
“Pierre Fournier’s one of my absolute favorite musicians. Like an elegant wine, his playing has an aroma and substance that warms the blood and gently encourages you.”
What he said…
“I was in a used-record store near the Berklee School of Music one afternoon, checking out the records. Rummaging around in old shelves of LPs is one of the few things that makes life worth living, as far as I’m concerned.”
from “Chance Traveler” in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Murakami goes on to explain how he picked up a mint first pressing of the Pepper Adams Quintet 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot.
That’s Franz on the right
The last person I’d imagine with sand between their toes. This pic may have helped inspire this…
