Compassion as catalyst| The literary manifestations of Murakami Haruki's transformation from Underground to Kafka on the Shore

<p> Murakami Haruki's primary readership consists of Japan's four million born between 1978 and 1990&mdash;an Ice Age of hiring freezes and layoffs. Murakami's cynical antiheroes modeled a blas&eacute; and passive cool. Japanese youth assimilated his tenor and tone. A mo...

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Main Author: Skeen, Autumn Alexander
Language:EN
Published: California State University, Dominguez Hills 2016
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