內容簡介
內容簡介 Haruki Murakami也就是國內讀者熟知的作家村上春樹，喜歡村上春樹的人不少，不過行事低調的村上春樹對我們而言卻像霧中一般神秘，這個任務由同樣喜愛美國哈佛大學日本文學教授的Jay Rubin來替我們揭開這個謎底。這位曾經翻譯過村上春樹知名作品《挪威的森林》的Fan，不僅只是翻譯他喜愛作家的作品而已，他更親自訪問村上，並藉由他所有的作品中帶我們了解村上春樹這個人，如音樂對他的影響、社會事件對他作品的衝擊與他喜愛的作家與作品，是村上迷的必備收藏。As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds—jazz, classical, folk, rock—and has more than six thousand records at home. And when he writes, his words have a music all their own, much of it learned from jazz. Jay Rubin, a self-confessed fan, has written a book for other fans who want to know more about this reclusive writer. He reveals the autobiographical elements in Murakami's fiction, and explains how he developed a distinctive new style in Japanese writing. In tracing Murakami's career, he uses interviews he conducted with the author between 1993 and 2001, and draws on insights and observations gathered from over ten years of collaborating with Murakami on translations of his works."
