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Novelist as a Vocation

作者:Murakami, Haruki/ Gabriel, Philip/ Goossen, Ted

出版社:Random House

出版日期:2024.03.05

ISBN:9781101974537

書號:20307318

裝訂:平裝

定價:$480

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內容簡介

村上春樹「成為小說家」的心路歷程,關於寫作和人生的各種想法。

 

村上春樹是如何成為一個一寫就是30年、出版過13本長篇小說的小說家?從那一天在觀眾席喝著啤酒、看養樂多燕子隊比賽的那刻,他忽然覺得自己可以寫小說。以《聽風的歌》拿下群像新人獎後,村上春樹開啟了他的寫作生涯,過程中也曾遭遇到每個新作家都曾遇過的疑惑與苦惱。他從其他外國作家、藝術家或音樂家身上獲得許多靈感啟發,並試圖尋找小說對這個社會─甚至是這個世界的意義,同時也談到記憶對作家的重要性,以及必須承受的寂寞、孤獨、耐心和持久力。

 

村上春樹第一本類自傳形式的散文談,帶讀者走進「裏」村上春樹的世界,也為有志寫作的創作者帶來勇氣。

 

"Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers" —New York Times Book Review

 

Aspiring writers and readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this engaging book from the internationally best-selling author. Haruki Murakami now shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.

 

Here are the personal details of a life devoted to craft: the initial moment at a Yakult Swallows baseball game, when he suddenly knew he could write a novel; the importance of memory, what he calls a writer’s “mental chest of drawers”; the necessity of loneliness, patience, and his daily running routine; the seminal role a carrier pigeon played in his career and more.