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Murakami Haruki: The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture (Studies of Modern Japan) (Hardcover)

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Description


This book offers a new approach to dealing with Murakami's radical narrative project by demonstrating how his first and later trilogies utilize the structure of the simulacrum, a second-order representation, to develop a complex critique of contemporary Japanese culture.

About the Author


Michael R. Seats is senior lecturer in the Division of Language Studies at City University of Hong Kong.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780739107850
ISBN-10: 0739107852
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: September 1st, 2006
Pages: 384
Language: English
Series: Studies of Modern Japan