‘Drive My Car’ is poignant journey through heart

Hamaguchi lets “Drive My Car,” based on the Haruki Murakami short story of the same name, cascade across its three-hour runtime without self-indulgence.
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Hamaguchi lets “Drive My Car,” based on the Haruki Murakami short story of the same name, cascade across its three-hour runtime without self-indulgence.
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It’s easier to find comfort in the stories of elderly people who isolate themselves far from their own reality, who talk to cats and hole themselves up to write their next epic novel.
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As I approach a translated work, I am often conflicted about whether I am introducing myself to the text with the arrogance of ignorance.
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“Burning,” a 2018 South Korean thriller directed by Lee Chang-dong and based on Haruki Murakami’s short story “Barn Burning,” slowly unfolds into a story about the search for meaning in life.
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And so, “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” arrived in my life. This was the book that changed the way I see fiction, exceeding my expectations for the type of world building mere words could accomplish.
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This is a confession. I perform everyday, in the sense that I act unlike who I think I am in order to assure myself that I’m not alone. And I don’t know if I’ll ever stop performing, whether I should or shouldn’t be, and whether there’s such a thing as
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December-January Haul: “You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake” — Anna Moschovakis “The Same-Different” — Hannah Sanghee Park “The Nature of Mathematics” — Max Black “Aerial 10” — Lyn Hejinian “A Tale for the Time Being” — Ruth Ozeki Near the end of December, in the middle of belatedly
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Today a household name on both sides of the Pacific, Japanese literary giant Haruki Murakami launched his smooth ascent to global renown with two novels — “Hear the Wind Sing” and “Pinball, 1973” — written on a whim. In an introduction to “Wind/Pinball,” Knopf’s new English translation of his first
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