New Murakami novel goes on sale for excited fans

My goodness, I fail to see how anybody can get excited about a Murakami book...!

Have you read Murakami novels in Japanese? Didn't think so.

Nice try!

Literary critic Yoshinori Shimizu earlier suggested that, when written in the alphabet, “Tazaki Tsukuru”—which appears to be a man’s name—is an anagram of “Tsuzuku Tikara”

Clever indeed, but no one would romanize 続く力 like that; it's either tsuzuku chikara in regular Hepburn romanization, or if you like kunrei romanization, tuzuku tikara. It's a bit of a stretch to "find" this in the man's name. A good effort, though, and I'm looknig forward to the book!

there is something very special about Murakami's books - i can't quite put my finger on it. it's like there's a constant feeling of, me the reader, being on the verge of making a really deep philosophical realization but never quite getting there. i think that's what's why i'm addicted to him anyway...

if you haven't read one of his books - give it a chance! "Kafka on the Shore" is my favourite ^^