Haruki Murakami Quotes


It was a narrow world, a world that was standing still. But the narrower it became, the more it betook of stillness, the more this world that enveloped me seemed to overflow with things and people that could only be called strange. They had been there all the while, it seemed, waiting in the shadows for me to stop moving. And every time the wind-up bird came to my yard to wind its spring, the world descendedmore deeply into chaos.


Citations

Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Translated by Jay Rubin, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

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Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
  • Born: January 12, 1949
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Novelist, Short-story Writer, Essayist, Translator

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. His work has received numerous awards, including the World Fantasy Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize.