Haruki Murakami goes to meet Hayao Kawai /
translated from the Japanese by Christopher Stephens.
- Einsiedeln, Switzerland : Daimon Verlag, 2016.
- 154 pages ; 18 cm
Two of Japan?s foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the transcript now makes its first appearance in English. Topics from the Contents: The meaning of commitment / Words or images? / Making stories / Answering logically versus answering compassionately / Self-healing and novels / Marriage and well-digging? / Curing and living / Stories and the body / The relationship between a work and its author / Individuality and universality / Violence and expression / Where are we headed?