note to self: Haruki Marakami

Look up Haruki Marakami's books and read a few. He got the following mention on PRI's The World:

Haruki Marakami is one of the most widely read novelists in the world. Novels like "Norwegian Wood" and "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" have sold millions of copies. And they're translated from the original Japanese into nearly 40 languages. Here in the US, Murakami's rare public appearances are greeted with great excitement and reverence. The World's Patrick Cox has this report on the people who read and follow Haruki Murakami.

Murakami receives the 2006 Franz Kafka Prize