tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260697.post8968119144549453754..comments2023-09-07T07:13:48.534-07:00Comments on The Improvisatrice: A Blog About Stuff and Things: What I Talk About When I Talk About WritingMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742864013140298659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260697.post-35004305986621510252008-11-11T14:40:00.000-08:002008-11-11T14:40:00.000-08:00Thanks for writing this.Thanks for writing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260697.post-45231209950119786082008-08-26T20:24:00.000-07:002008-08-26T20:24:00.000-07:00What's also interesting about Murakami - and I've ...What's also interesting about Murakami - and I've heard this second hand - is that he really makes more sense in English than in Japanese. A friend who goes to UCSD was talking with his Japanese literature professor. The professor explained that Murakami's prose is very influenced by Western writers (Hemingway, Fitzgerald etc.) and so it sounds a bit odd in Japanese. I think the prof was a native speaker of Japanese and since I'm not I can't say if I agree with him or not, but it's an interesting concept. <BR/><BR/>I'm also reminded of Nabokov, who doubted his grasp on the English language. Ass. Brilliant beautiful ass.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05742864013140298659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260697.post-41895466543031326182008-08-26T07:10:00.000-07:002008-08-26T07:10:00.000-07:00I've read a lot less Murakami than you, but he's d...I've read a lot less Murakami than you, but he's definitely one of those writers who makes me want to write. Also, he/his translators, are geniuses at titles. <BR/><BR/>"What I talk about when I talk about _____" is going to be a successful formula for writing passionately on a subject for years.NYCentristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209390446601120033noreply@blogger.com