{"product_id":"novelist-as-a-vocation-by-haruki-murakami-hardcover","title":"Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003eDiscover the secrets of one of the world's most successful writers. This is the ultimate Christmas gift for aspiring writers and Murakami fans alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003einsightful collection of essays on his work and methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e... You end this collection of beautiful essays vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;\"\u003e'A master storyteller' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-style:italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eProduct description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:22px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eOne of the most read authors around the world... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou end this collection of beautiful essays vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again. ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eGuardian, *Book of the Day*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eA master storyteller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's safe to say \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ethere is no one like Murakami \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eA true original\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ehe has supernatural powers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1978, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was twenty-nine and running a jazz bar in downtown Tokyo. One April day, the impulse to write a novel came to him suddenly while watching a baseball game. That first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eHear the Wind Sing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won a new writers' award and was published the following year. More followed, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eHard-Boiled Wonderland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eEnd of the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but it was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in 1987, that turned Murakami from a writer into a phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn works such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003e1Q84,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eMen Without Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Murakami's distinctive blend of the mysterious and the everyday, of melancholy and humour, continues to enchant readers, ensuring his place as one of the world's most acclaimed and well-loved writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"a-divider-normal bucketDivider\" style=\"border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:none;line-height:19px;margin-top:0px;clear:left;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#cccccc;height:44px;margin-bottom:-36px;background-position:0px 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 1px 18px;padding:0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarvill Secker (8 November 2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1911215388\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1911215387\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e340 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.5 x 2.2 x 22.4 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CGA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191545860181,"sku":"9781911215387","price":4690.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9642\/6581\/files\/779.jpg?v=1772361306","url":"https:\/\/cgabooksonline.com\/products\/novelist-as-a-vocation-by-haruki-murakami-hardcover","provider":"CGA Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}