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Haruki Murakami: “Kaho”

July 1, 2024 by Trevor Berrett

It’s the annual New Yorker fiction issue! The second of the four stories is Haruki Murakami’s “Kaho,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

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Haruki Murakami: “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey”

June 1, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

As part of their 2020 Summer Fiction issue, The New Yorker has published Haruki Murakami’s “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. This is a sequel to his 2006 story “A Shinagawa Monkey.”

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Haruki Murakami: “With the Beatles”

February 10, 2020 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “With the Beatles,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

Categories Haruki Murakami, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2020 New Yorker Fiction 6 Comments

Haruki Murakami: “Cream”

January 21, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Haruki Murakami’s “Cream,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

Categories Haruki Murakami, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2019 New Yorker Fiction 24 Comments

Haruki Murakami: “The Wind Cave”

August 27, 2018 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind Cave,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. This is an excerpt from Murakami’s 2017 novel Killing Commendatore, which will be published in English in October.

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Haruki Murakami: “Kino”

February 16, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Haruki Murakami’s “Kino,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. Read the full post.

Categories Haruki Murakami, New Yorker Fiction Tags Japanese, Short Story 22 Comments

Haruki Murakami: “Scheherazade”

October 8, 2014October 6, 2014 by Betsy Pelz

This week’s story from The New Yorker is Haruki Murakami’s “Scheherazade,” translated from the Japanese by Ted Goossen. Read the full post.

Categories Haruki Murakami, New Yorker Fiction Tags Japanese, Short Story 12 Comments

Haruki Murakami: “Yesterday”

June 9, 2014June 2, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “Yesterday” (tr. from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel), one of the four selected for the summer fiction issue. Betsy offers her thoughts. Read the full post.

Categories Haruki Murakami, New Yorker Fiction Tags Japanese, Short Story 8 Comments

Haruki Murakami: “Samsa in Love”

October 24, 2013October 21, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Haruki Murakami’s “Samsa in Love” (tr. from the Japanese by Ted Goossen) was originally published in the October 28, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. I’ve never liked anything I’ve read of Murakami (which has been little), but obviously this is some … Read more

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Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats”

July 6, 2016August 29, 2011 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Haruki Murakami’s “Town of Cats,” translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. Read the full post.

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