No Place I Was Meant to Be:...Short Fiction of Haruki Murakami

The short fiction of Haruki Murakami--"arguably Japan's most popular novelist" (WORLD LITERATURE TODAY)--is analyzed. "The subject-object division in ego consciousness" expressed throughout Murakami's works, including the collections THE ELEPHANT VANISHES, HARD-BOILED W...

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Published inWorld literature today p. 87-94
Main Author Loughman, Celeste
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.1997
Subjects
Authors, Japanese
Characters and characteristics in literature
Culture in literature
Depersonalization
Ego (Psychology) in literature
Fiction, Themes, motives
Japanese literature
Mind and body in literature
Murakami, Haruki
Object (Philosophy)
Self
Short stories
Subject (Philosophy)
Women in literature
Women, Japan
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Summary:The short fiction of Haruki Murakami--"arguably Japan's most popular novelist" (WORLD LITERATURE TODAY)--is analyzed. "The subject-object division in ego consciousness" expressed throughout Murakami's works, including the collections THE ELEPHANT VANISHES, HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD and A WILD SHEEP CHASE, is highlighted.
ISSN:0196-3570
1945-8134