The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami

A journey through the mysterious metaphysical realm where Haruki Murakami’s strangest characters lurk, bizarre scenes unfold, and dark secrets emerge
Fervently acclaimed worldwide, Haruki Murakami’s wildly imaginative work in many ways remains a mystery, its worlds within worlds uncharted territory. Finally in The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami readers will find a map to the strange realm that grounds virtually every aspect of Murakami’s writing, exposing the psychological and mythological underpinnings of this other world.
In a masterful synthesis, Matthew Strecher delves deeply into questions of language, religion, mythology, psychology, and the boundaries between literature and journalism to demonstrate with great clarity and concreteness how Murakami belongs in the company of such writers as Pynchon, Eco, and Rushdie.
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Jay Rubin, author of Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words