Murakami Haruki's recently published 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 has done pretty well -- topping a million sold by now, which is impressive in a moribund Japanese market that, as reported in Mystery, loss fuel Murakami sales in The Japan Times, saw only one title selling "more than 1 million copies last year".
The Asahi Shimbun had Atsushi Sasaki's review, and now offers a Literary Looking Glass: 4 Murakami fans - 4 perspectives on latest novel.
Meanwhile, Daniel Morales liveblogged his reading of the beginning of the novel at his weblog, How to Japanese, and in The Japan Times weighs in on the first fifty pages.
The Asahi Shimbun had Atsushi Sasaki's review, and now offers a Literary Looking Glass: 4 Murakami fans - 4 perspectives on latest novel.
Meanwhile, Daniel Morales liveblogged his reading of the beginning of the novel at his weblog, How to Japanese, and in The Japan Times weighs in on the first fifty pages.