Major Murakami Works

 

 

translations

 

published in the u.s.

 

A Wild Sheep Chase
Alfred Birnbaum, translator
Kodansha America, (hardcover, 1989); Plume (trade paperback, 1990)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Alfred Birnbaum, translator
Kodansha America (hardcover, 1991); Vintage International (trade paperback, 1993)
The Elephant Vanishes
Alfred Birnbaum, Jay Rubin, translator
Alfred K. Knopf (hardcover, 1993); Vintage International (trade paperback, 1994)
Dance Dance Dance
Alfred Birnbaum, translator
Kodansha America (hardcover, 1994); Vintage International (trade paperback, 1995)
The Wind up bird Chronicle
Jay Rubin translator (hardcover,1997)
Knopf,
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Philip Gabriel translator
Knopf (hardcover, 1998)
The Elephant Vanishes
Jay Rubin, Alfred Birnbaum translators
Vintage (paperback, 1994)
 published in japan

 

Hear the Wind Sing
Alfred Birnbaum, translator
Kodansha International (first published, 1979; translation published, 1987)
Pinball, 1973
Alfred Birnbaum
Kodansha International (first published, 1980; translation published, 1985)
Norwegian Wood
Alfred Birnbaum, translator
Kodansha International (first published, 1987; translation published, 1989)

 

works in japanese

novels

Kaze no Uta o Kike
Kodansha, 1979
1973-nen no Pinboru
Kodansha, 1980
Hitsuji o Meguru Boken
Kodansha, 1982, in two volumes
Sekai no Owari to Hado-Boirudo Wandarando
Shinchosa, 1985, in two volumes
Noruwei no Mori
Kodansha, 1987 in two volumes
Dansu, Dansu, Dansu
Kodansha, 1988
Kokkyo no Minami, Taiyo no Nishi
("South of the Border, West of the Sun")
Kodansha, 1992
Nejimaki Tori Kuronikuru
("The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle")
Shinchosa, 1995 in three volumes

 

short story collections

 

Yume de Aimasyo
("Meet in the Dream")
with Itoi Shigesato
Tougensya, 1981
Chugoku Yuki no Suro Boto
("A Slow Boat to China")
Chuo Koronsha, 1983
Kangaru-Biyori
("Perfect Day for Kangaroo")
Heibonsha, 1983
Hotaru, Naya o Yaku, Sonota no Tanpen
("Firefly, Burn the Barn and Other Stories")
Shinchosa, 1984
Kaiten Mokuba no Deddo Hito
("Dead Heat on the Merry-Go-Round")
Kodansha, 1985
Pan-ya Saishuugeki
("Another Bakery Attack")
Bungei-Shunju, 1986
TV People
Bungei-Shunju, 1990
Murakami Asahido Cho-tanpen Shosetsu: Yoru no Kumozaru
("Murakami Asahido Extremely Short Stories: Spider-Monkey of the Night")
Anzai Mizumaru, illustrator
Heibonsha, 1995

 

essays and non-fiction

 

Woku donto ran
"Walk, Don't Run"
with Murakami Ryu
Kodansha, 1981
Eiga wo Meguru Bouken
"Adventure for Movies"
with Kawamoto Saburo
Kodansha, 1985
Murakami Asahido
"Murakami Asahido"
Shinchoubunko
Murakami Asahido no Gyakushuu
"Murakami Asahido Counterattack"
Asahishinbunsha, 1986
Za Sukurappu
"The Scrap"
Bunkasyuppankyoku, 1987
Hi Izuru Kuni no Kojo
"Factories in the Country of Rising Sun"
Heibonsha, 1987
The Scott Fitzgerald Book
TBS Britanica, 1988
Haiho : Murakami Asahido
"Hei Ho: Murakami Asahido"
Bunka Shuppankyoku, 1989
Toi Taiko
"A Distant Drum"
Kodansha, 1990
Uten Enten
"Hot and Rainy Weather"
Matsumura Eizo, photographer
Shinchosa, 1990
Yagate Kanashiki Gaikokugo
Kodansha, 1994

 

picture books

 

Zoukoujyou no Happiendo
"Happy End of Elephant Factory"
Anzai Mizumaru, illustrator
CBS Sony-shuppan, 1983
Nami no E, Nami no Hanashi
"Pictures of Waves, Tales of Waves"
Inakoshi Koichi, photographer
Bungei Shunji, 1984
 
Hitsujiotoko no Kurisumasu
"The Sheep Man's Christmas"
Sasaki Maki, illustrator
Kodansha, 1985
Rangeruhansutoo no Gogo
"Afternoon at Langerhans' Island"
with Anzai Mizumaru
Kodansha, 1986
Tsukaimichi no Nai Fukei
"Scenery of No Use"
Koichi Inakoshi, photographer
Asahi Shuppan, 1994


literary criticism

publications in print

Kazunari Suzumura
Imada/Sudeni: Murakami Haruki to Hardboiled Wonderland
"Encore/deja: Haruki Murakami and Hardboiled Wonderland"
Yoshensha, 1985
Murakami Haruki no Sekai
"Murakami Haruki World"
Eureka special edition
Seidosha, 1989
Fukami Haruki
Murakami Haruki no Uta
Seikyusha, 1990
Kasai Kiyoshi, Kato Norihiro and Takeda Seiji
Murakami Haruki wo Meguru Booken
"Murakami Haruki Chase"
Kawadeshobo-Shinsha, 1991
Suzumura, Kazunari
Murakami Haruki Kuronikuru: 1983-1995
Yosen-sha, 1995
Keita Konishi
Murakami Haruki no Ongaku Zukan
"Music in the World of Haruki Murakami"
JapanMix, 1995

 

"A Dialogue Between Jay McInerney and Haruki Murakami. Roll Over Basho: Who Japan Is Reading, and Why."

The New York Times Book Review September 27, 1992
Sarah Wright

"Dancing as Fast as He Can."

Boston Magazine, January 1994.

Jean-Christophe Castelli

"Tokyo Prose."

"Harper's Bazaar," March 1993

Elizabeth Devereaux

"PW Interviews Haruki Murakami."

"Publisher's Weekly." September 21, 1991

acknowledgments

Many thanks to Greg Bueno, who did all the work for this page and the four listed above, for letting me use them.

I've updated a few links, added a few articles, and therefore have the dubious pleasure of maintaining them.

Special thanks to the following for corrections and information:

Greg Dvorak | Ishito Fumiaki | Mami Hirano | Mitsuru Fujii | Hitomi Obara | Osamu Ogaya | Yoichi Fukuoka

 

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