It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami by Matthew Strecher
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In an OC other worldOCO composed of languageOCoit could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forestOCoa narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki MurakamiOCOs characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterpartsOCopeople without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking machines that traverse the dark psychic underworld of this writerOCOs extraordinary fiction. Fervently acclaimed worldwide, MurakamiOCOs wildly imaginative work in many ways remains a mystery, its worlds within worlds uncharted territory. Finally in this book readers will find a map to the strange realm that grounds virtually every aspect of MurakamiOCOs writing. A journey through the enigmatic and baffling innermost mind, a metaphysical dimension where MurakamiOCOs most bizarre scenes and characters lurk, The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami exposes the psychological and mythological underpinnings of this other world. Matthew Carl Strecher shows how these considerations color MurakamiOCOs depictions of the individual and collective soul, which constantly shift between the tangible and intangible but in this literary landscape are undeniably real. Through these otherworldly depths The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami also charts the writerOCOs vivid OC inner world, OCO whether unconscious or underworld (what some Japanese critics call achiragawa, or OC over thereOCO), and its connectivity to language. Strecher covers all of MurakamiOCOs workOCoincluding his efforts as a literary journalistOCoand concludes with the first full-length close reading of the writerOCOs newest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. "
The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami by Matthew Strecher is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami aloud.
The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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