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Jeff VanderMeer Interviews Haruki Murakami, Author, ‘1Q84′


Jeff VanderMeer Interviews Haruki Murakami, Author, ‘1Q84′

The holidays are almost here, and unless you’re a retail employee, work is slowing down to a crawl in most of America’s workplaces. If you’re one of the lucky folks who have suddenly found yourself with a few unsupervised hours of  ”internet research” and you’ve already played your fill of Angry Birds (no, the sequel [...]

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Murakami’s ‘1Q84′: Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?


Murakami’s ‘1Q84′: Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?

Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 is perhaps one of the most important works of science fiction of the year, and at almost 1,000 pages (its original Japanese edition was published in three volumes) of densely plotted, Orwellian prose, it’s one of the heaviest ones – literally and figuratively. It’s a big investment of time, but ultimately a [...]

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Watch: Chip Kidd on Designing Murakami’s ‘1Q84′ Book Jacket


Watch: Chip Kidd on Designing Murakami’s ‘1Q84′ Book Jacket

Chip Kidd is a well-known artist and the designer of hundreds of evocative book covers. Here, in this video from the LA Times Jacket Copy blog, talks about designing the cover of Haruki Murakami’s new novel 1Q84

About 1Q84:
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic [...]

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