Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai

Two of Japan's foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the transcript now makes its first appearance in English.

Topics from the Contents:

• The Meaning of Commitment
• Words or Images?
• Making Stories
• Answering Logically versus Answering Compassionately
• Self-Healing and Novels
• Marriage and 'Well-digging'
• Curing and Living
• Stories and the Body
• The Relationship between a Work and its Author
• Individuality and Universality
• Violence and Expression
• Where are We Headed?