There are two stories, told in alternating parallel narratives. I have been wanting to read Murakami for a long time, so I finally decided to pick up Murakami’s Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and it was the perfect place to start.įirst published in 1985, the book is set in Tokyo, Japan. Since it’s the week for Nobel winners announcements, I decided that it would be best to review the most probable winner. Female Canadian authors Alice Munro or Maragaret Atwood seem to be the main contenders. Others believe a woman will win, because there has only been twelve female literature laureates out of the 109. Some believe Chinua Achebe will win because he passed away last March and there hasn’t been an African winner in ten years. Most everyone says Murakami is a definite win, especially since he was expected to win last year, when Chinese author Mo Yan won instead. Speculations on who these five authors range depending on which newspaper, critic or blog you read. There are five names in the short list announced by the Swedish Nobel Academy on Twitter. This year, Haruki Murakami is favored to win with the highest odds. It’s been handed out to 109 writers, with only one for Arabic novels: Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz. One of the prizes I most look forward to hearing is Literature. This week is the start of the yearly Nobel Prize announcements.
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