Murakami library unveiled at author's alma mater in Tokyo

Great, I enjoy Murakami's novels and short stories

Still waiting, year after year, for that Nobel knock on the door, Haruki? lol. Bob Dylan says, "Hold My Beer..."

Don't worry! It will come...surely? The Media Sez: Any Day Now...

Kengo Kuma does amazing things with wood. In contrast everything that Tadao Ando designs looks like a nuclear fallout shelter.

Surely this will snag him that Nobel prize.

The constant mentioning of the Nobel Prize, how H.M didn't even win it after so many years and how it must be bugging the hell out of him. 

Its not much of a prize to win anymore.

samuraivunyl 12:11 pm JST

Kafka by the shore is a magic mushroom of a novel.

Really? It struck me as virtual self-parody and I pretty much gave up on him there. Wind-up Bird Chronicle is his best though, absolutely brilliant book.

If you haven’t read 1Q84 yet, it could be a great autumn or winter project.

Agreed on Alfie’s Wind-up Bird Chronicle. A fascinating blend of history and surrealism.