Interview
New book, ‘The Tale of Kaho,’ features trademark intermingling of real and unreal
“What I want to do is to write about unreal worlds using the style of realism,” author Haruki Murakami said. (Shinchosha)
TOKYO — Internationally acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami publishes a new novel in Japan on Friday — his first ever with a female protagonist — and told Nikkei, “I thought it was about time I tackled a family story, something I’ve hardly ever written about.”