Tag Archives: Haruki Murakami

Books: The New York Times Book Review – Dec 18, 2022

The New York Times Book Review (December 18, 2022) –

John le Carré: The Spy Novelist Who (Mostly) Kept Quiet

“A Private Spy,” a collection of the British writer’s letters, offers glimpses of unguarded moments and ruffled feathers.

John le Carré’s Letters Show the Author at His Witty, Erudite and Pugilistic Best

“A Private Spy,” a collection of correspondence spanning much of his life, offers a fresh look at his brilliance — and his contradictions

Haruki Murakami Has Never Found Writing Painful

In a new memoir, “Novelist as a Vocation,” the Japanese writer reflects on his craft and his career.

Books: The New York Times Book Review – Nov 20, 2022

New York Times Book Review – November 20, 2022:

A New Biography of George Balanchine, Ballet’s Colossus

“Mr. B,” by Jennifer Homans, explores the life of the Russian-born choreographer, as well as the beauty and pains of his art.

What Books Does Haruki Murakami Find Disappointing? His Own.

“The books I try not to pick up, and don’t want to read, are ones I wrote myself and published in the past,” says the Japanese writer, whose new book is “Novelist as a Vocation.” “Though it does make me want to do better with my next work.”

How We’ve Come to Genuflect to the ‘Free Market’

Jacob Soll’s ambitious history takes us from Cicero to Milton Friedman, but is hobbled by questionable assertions.