Firefly
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who want to understand the origins of Murakami's writing
- Literary lovers who prefer the compressed, restrained narrative style of the short story
- Young readers who resonate with themes of urban loneliness and alienation
- Readers looking for a quality work they can quietly finish in an afternoon
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting intense dramatic conflict or fast-paced plot
- Readers seeking grand epic narrative or clear answers
Reading tips
- Read in order, and note especially the emotional connection between 'Firefly' and the later Norwegian Wood.
- Watch for Murakami's unusual descriptions of ordinary scenes and the tension hidden in dialogue.
- After each story, pause for a moment to savor the lingering resonance and unresolved mysteries.
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 版权申明
- 现实与非现实之间
- 萤
- 烧仓房
- 跳舞的小人
- 盲柳与睡女
- 三个德国幻想
- 1 作为冬季的博物馆的色情画
- 2 赫尔曼·戈林要塞1983
- 3 赫尔W的空中花园
- 后记
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About the author
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist and translator of American literature, born in 1949 in Fushimi, Kyoto, and a graduate of Waseda University. He entered the literary world in 1979 with Hear the Wind Sing and has since continued to produce novels, essays, and interview-based nonfiction, with 57 titles by him carried on this site. His fiction often traces urban individuals' sense of loneliness, loss, and self-discovery, moving between the real and the surreal in a light yet introspective tone that has become a highly recognizable personal style. Representative works include Norwegian Wood, A Wild Sheep Chase, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, many of which are classed as classics and foreign literature. He has also translated American writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his own work has been translated into many languages and recognized with international awards including the Franz Kafka Prize and the Jerusalem Prize, giving him wide influence among contemporary world literature readers.
Lin Shaohua, born in 1952 in Jiutai, Jilin, with ancestral roots in Penglai, Shandong, is a renowned Chinese literary translator and essayist who previously served as a professor at the College of Foreign Languages, Ocean University of China. Since translating Norwegian Wood in 1989, he has devoted himself to introducing Japanese literature to Chinese readers, translating more than forty works by Haruki Murakami as well as notable works by Natsume Soseki, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Yasunari Kawabata. His fluent and nuanced translations have won him a wide readership in the Chinese-speaking world and have profoundly influenced the reception of Murakami and modern Japanese literature in China. In 2018, he received the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation. His translations span novels, essays, and interview collections, with representative works including Snow Country, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kokoro, The Setting Sun, and The Izu Dancer.
