Haruki Murakami
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
- A Memoir
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 233
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Murakami's four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Hoped for insight – got monotony
- By C. L. Peressotti on 2020-05-03
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2008-07-29
- Language: English
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Dance Dance Dance
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum - translator
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, Haruki Murakami's protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly One Dimensional
- By M. Raike on 2022-01-23
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Dance Dance Dance
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Series: Rat, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2016-12-13
- Language: English
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 166
In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife’s missing cat—and then for his wife as well—in a netherworld beneath the city’s placid surface....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunate voicing
- By Ed White on 2018-01-14
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Nuria on 2018-03-20
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-09
- Language: English
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La Fin des temps
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Corinne Atlan
- Narrated by: Laurent Natrella
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Un roman qui concentre à lui seul tout le réalisme magique de Haruki Murakami. Dans une petite cité spectrale vivent des gens...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Très belle expérience d'écoute
- By Momo on 2023-04-19
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La Fin des temps
- Narrated by: Laurent Natrella
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-12
- Language: French
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws listeners into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great, but..
- By St. Thomas on 2021-01-12
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-12
- Language: English
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor, Ellen Archer
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
The 24 stories that make up Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman generously express the incomparable Haruki Murakami’s mastery of the form....
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor, Ellen Archer
- Series: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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South of the Border, West of the Sun
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Eric Loren
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the simple arc of a man's life - with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment - becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Such a disappointment
- By Graeme on 2019-12-01
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South of the Border, West of the Sun
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Eric Loren
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2013-10-08
- Language: English
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1Q84
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Story4 out of 5 stars 320
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Soft porn pretentiousness
- By Madeleine on 2019-03-08
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1Q84
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2011-10-25
- Language: English
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Kafka on the Shore
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 187
A tour de force of metaphysical reality, Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best books I have ever read!
- By Adriano Pereira on 2020-09-07
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Kafka on the Shore
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-06
- Language: English
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Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
In Killing Commendatore, a 30-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he opens a circle of mysterious circumstances....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Adore Murakami but Kirby was annoying
- By Team Awesomeness on 2019-09-09
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Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-09
- Language: English
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Le Meurtre du Commandeur 1
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Christophe Brault
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Dans la lignée du monumental "1Q84", un roman somme, ambitieux, profond. Deux tomes pour une odyssée initiatique étrange, inquiétante...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Un incontournable
- By gina on 2020-02-04
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Le Meurtre du Commandeur 1
- Narrated by: Christophe Brault
- Series: Le Meurtre du Commandeur, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-15
- Language: French
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La course au mouton sauvage
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Patrick de Vos - traducteur
- Narrated by: Jérémy Bardeau
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Le livre qui a révélé Murakami. Sur la page promotionnelle d'une assurance-vie, un jeune publicitaire fraîchement divorcé insère la photo, en...
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La course au mouton sauvage
- Narrated by: Jérémy Bardeau
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2021-09-09
- Language: French
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A Wild Sheep Chase
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn’t realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back....
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A Wild Sheep Chase
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Series: Rat, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-06
- Language: English
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage
- A novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Bruce Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
The new novel - a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan - from the internationally acclaimed author, his first since IQ84....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another narrator is much needed!!!
- By Melanie Leefa on 2018-09-26
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage
- A novel
- Narrated by: Bruce Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-12
- Language: English
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Kafka sur le rivage
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Hervé Bernard Omnès
- Length: 23 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Kafka Tamura, quinze ans, fuit sa maison de Tokyo pour échapper à la terrible prophétie que son père a prononcée contre lui...
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Kafka sur le rivage
- Narrated by: Hervé Bernard Omnès
- Length: 23 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2012-11-02
- Language: French
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After Dark
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4 out of 5 stars 14
Here is a short, sleek novel of encounters, set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn. At its center are two sisters....
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After Dark
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2007-04-12
- Language: English
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Wind/Pinball
- Two Novels
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4 out of 5 stars 15
In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels—Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973—that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time....
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Wind/Pinball
- Two Novels
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Series: Rat, Book 1-2
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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First Person Singular
- Stories
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
From the internationally acclaimed Haruki Murakami comes a mind-bending new collection of short stories, all touching beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory...all with a signature Murakami twist....
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First Person Singular
- Stories
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2021-04-06
- Language: English
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Novelist as a Vocation
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Haruki Murakami’s myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with listeners what he thinks about being a novelist....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for writers
- By Daveo on 2023-01-16
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Novelist as a Vocation
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-08
- Language: English
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