Murakami Haruki's new novel, 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年, has now been released in Japan -- apparently with a first print run that has ballooned to 600,000.
It's obviously been much and eagerly anticipated -- so see, for example, Haruki Murakami fans queue overnight for latest novel by Justin McCurry and Alison Flood in The Guardian and Fans flock early to snag Murakami's latest book by Jun Hongo in The Japan Times.
Among the earliest (summary-)reviews is one in English: Chiaki Yoshimura's review in the Asahi Shimbun [via]; meanwhile, livemint offer its 最速レビュー, and lots more Japanese coverage should follow in short order (the book isn't that long).
Eric Johnston's The Japan Times piece says only that: "an English translation is being discussed" -- though I think we can put that in the 'safe bet' category; on the other hand, the fact that it's merely at the discussion stage suggests we won't be seeing it for a while .....
It's obviously been much and eagerly anticipated -- so see, for example, Haruki Murakami fans queue overnight for latest novel by Justin McCurry and Alison Flood in The Guardian and Fans flock early to snag Murakami's latest book by Jun Hongo in The Japan Times.
Among the earliest (summary-)reviews is one in English: Chiaki Yoshimura's review in the Asahi Shimbun [via]; meanwhile, livemint offer its 最速レビュー, and lots more Japanese coverage should follow in short order (the book isn't that long).
Eric Johnston's The Japan Times piece says only that: "an English translation is being discussed" -- though I think we can put that in the 'safe bet' category; on the other hand, the fact that it's merely at the discussion stage suggests we won't be seeing it for a while .....