Works of Haruki Murakami: The Television Man

Author: Haruki Murakami
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Not a child, not small in stature, not small heads with large bodies, but a "human" scaled down and photocopied—every part small, small in a mechanical way, small in a rule-based way. This is the TV man, who invades private homes and companies, boldly and without restraint. The author of this book once again lets his imagination run wild. Six short stories, none of them fail to surprise, with ideas beyond the ordinary. In the world of Murakami's novels and its artistic charm, among contemporary Japanese writers, Murakami truly stands out as an extraordinary figure—a literary superstar. In just a dozen or so years, his works have become wildly popular across the Japanese archipelago. Publishers have released special collections for him, magazines have published special issues, and bookstores have set up dedicated sections. With each new book, sales range from tens of thousands to over a million copies. Among pure literature novels, this is absolutely no ordinary figure. In Japan's past sales records for novels,'s historical novel "Xiang Yu and Liu Bang" sold 2.3 million copies, the highest; next was novel "Transformation," with 1.47 million copies. And "Norwegian Wood" far exceeded this record.