Abstract

"I was completely fascinated by Murakami's works. I was completely fascinated by Murakami's works, not as a professional scholar, but as an individual, a mere fan."
By chance, Rubin read Haruki Murakami's "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World," a much-talked-about work at the time, and was taken aback. Since then, he has become a fan of Murakami's works and a translator who introduces Murakami's works to the world.

Author’s Information

Jay Rubin

Jay Rubin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1941. He is a Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Harvard University and a translator. He has translated many of Japan's most famous literary works, including Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Soseki Natsume. He is known worldwide as a translator of Haruki Murakami's works, including "1Q84," "Norwegian Wood," and "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle."
He is the author of "Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words" and a novel, "The Sun God," published simultaneously in Japan and the U.S.