A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the South Korean competition to land Murakami Haruki's latest novel, 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 -- and now Baek Byung-yeul reports in The Korea Times that it's Game over: Minumsa wins Murakami sweepstakes, as:
Minumsa, which plans to publish the Korean version of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage in July, didn't disclose how much it bid for the rights. But industry sources believe the company was cutting a check for at least 150 million yen (about $1.47 million), which would represent the highest royalty payment to a foreign author.No word how much Knopf is shelling out for US rights, but somehow I don't think the amount is at this stratospheric level.