By his own account, Haruki Murakami is nobody special.
In his newly translated book of essays, ¡°Novelist as a Vocation,¡± the beloved author contends, over and over, that he¡¯s a rather mediocre person ¡ª ¡°the type who¡¯s always shown to the worst tables at restaurants¡± ¡ª who¡¯s just good at sticking to a boring routine and working hard. These skills, he writes, and a series of auspicious introductions in 1990s New York are what led to his meteoric rise to global literary fame.
Novelist as a Vocation, by Haruki Murakami,Translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen.224 pagesKNOPF, Nonfiction.
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