NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a
unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84
Norwegian Wood and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running . "Murakami is like a magician
who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has
supernatural powers" — New York Times Book Review Aspiring writers and readers who have long
wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal
worlds will be fascinated by this engaging book from the internationally best-selling author.
Haruki Murakami now shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society
his own origins as a writer and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other
writers artists and musicians. Here are the personal details of a life devoted to craft: the
initial moment at a Yakult Swallows baseball game when he suddenly knew he could write a novel
the importance of memory what he calls a writer’s “mental chest of drawers” the necessity of
loneliness patience and his daily running routine the seminal role a carrier pigeon played
in his career and more.
