{"product_id":"haruki-murakami-storytelling-and-productive-distance-paperback","title":"Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChikako Nihei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance\u003c\/em\u003e studies the evolution of the \u003ci\u003emonogatari, \u003c\/i\u003eor narrative and storytelling in the works of Haruki Murakami. Author Chikako Nihei argues that Murakami's power of \u003ci\u003emonogatari \u003c\/i\u003elies in his use of distancing effects; storytelling allows individuals to \"cross\" into a different context, through which they can effectively observe themselves and reality. His belief in the importance of \u003ci\u003emonogatari \u003c\/i\u003eis closely linked to his generation's experience of the counter----culture movement in the late1960s and his research on the 1995 Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack caused by the \u003ci\u003eAum shinrikyo \u003c\/i\u003ecult, major events in postwar Japan that revealed many people's desire for a stable narrative to interact with and form their identity from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChikako Nihei\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor at Yamaguchi University. She received her PhD in Japanese at the University of Sydney. Her publications include \"The Productivity of a Space In-between: Murakami Haruki as a Translator\" (2016) and \"Resistance and Negotiation: The 'Herbivorous Men' and Murakami Haruki's Gender and Political Ambiguity\" (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098105090183,"sku":"9781032241197","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e54329876453c61c91d0acf51fd9872a.webp?v=1732359767","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/haruki-murakami-storytelling-and-productive-distance-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}