TY - BOOK AU - Murakami,Haruki AU - Gabriel,Philip AU - Goossen,Ted TI - Novelist as a vocation SN - 9781911215387 (hbk.) : AV - PL856.U673 U1 - 895.636 MUR 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London PB - Harvill Secker KW - Murakami, Haruki, KW - Fiction KW - Authorship KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Literature KW - eflch KW - ukslc KW - Literary essays KW - thema KW - Literature: history & criticism N2 - In this engaging book, the bestselling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing ER -