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Haruki Murakami Novel 'The Tale of KAHO' Goes on Sale at Midnight in Tokyo
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years went on sale at midnight July 3 in Tokyo bookstores. Dozens of fans queued for copies of the novel, which features the author's first female protagonist. Murakami discussed his writing process and views on AI in interviews published the same day.
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Haruki Murakami's new novel went on sale at midnight on July 3 in Tokyo bookstores. Dozens of fans queued to purchase copies, local media reported. The book is titled "The Tale of KAHO" and marks Murakami's first full-length novel with a female protagonist, according to publisher Shinchosha.
It is also his first release in three years. Murakami addressed artificial intelligence in an interview with Kyodo News published July 3. "AI takes into account everything that has happened so far and draws analogies," he said.
He added that characters appear suddenly when he is deeply focused on a story. "That's not something that comes out from analogy," Murakami said. " In a separate interview with the Asahi Shimbun also published July 3, Murakami said he had the feeling he was seeing the world through eyes different from his usual ones while writing the book.
"Of course, I can only imagine how women see the world," he said. Murakami noted he spent time at Wellesley College, a women's college in the United States, shortly before writing the novel. He said women's perspectives are valued highly now and that the atmosphere influenced the work.
Murakami also said he never really liked writing about parents and children but felt an urge to try something new. "This time, that might have been the parent-child" relationship, he said.
