Both contain trace elements of the quasi-futuristic postmodernism often attributed to Japanese urban life, and both invest some portion of their explorations to puzzling out just what this means for Japanese culture. Both are award-winning writers in their home country, with sizable bodies of work published in Japan that have been reaching foreign eyes more frequently in the last decade or so. Whether it is the coolly poetic fantasia of Haruki Murakami, or the sharp, disturbing character studies of Ryu Murakami, both have developed an international reputation for being among the best in contemporary Japanese fiction.ĭespite some clear stylistic differences, there are certainly some parallels between the two. While Japan offers the global culture a number of stylish and critically celebrated creatives - from animators to artists to architects - in the world of authors there’s little doubt that the name Murakami has in recent years developed its own cache.
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