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Published
Harvill/Secker, November 2023
ISBN
9781529918359
Format
Softcover, 224 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.4cm

Novelist as a Vocation 'Every creative person should read this short book' Literary Review

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Thoughts and advice on the creative writing process from an international master of literature.

A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestelling master of storytelling.

Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing.

In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.

'You end this collection of beautiful essays vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' Guardian

'Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers' New York Times Book Review

'A fascinating glimpse of the peculiar writerly life' Sunday Times

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  • A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**

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