Make yourself comfortable, ideally with cup of bitter coffee to stimulate your senses, and watch this short documentary video about an exceptional Japanese writer - Haruki Murakami. You will set in search of places where Murakami set some of his stories and where he himself gained inspiration for his often magic and "out of this world" novels.
In the course of the documentary Murakami's foremost translators and biographers such as Jay Rubin and Alfred Birnbaum comment on author's writing style and major themes the Japanese writer explores in his works. One of the narrators of the documentary suitably describes the major topics and themes that we can often see in his stories:
"In the Wild Sheep Chase Murakami discovered the story he wanted to tell. The story of a loner, solitary character whose physical and emotional journey is transformed as the book progresses into a voyage into unexplored areas of his mind and imagination. Undoubtedly, it is this surreal, detached introspection what has become Murakami's trademark and which has inspired his intense relationship with his devout found base."
Whether you are or not (yet) one of his fans this video is definitely worth watching.
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