Hear the Wind Sing
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Hear the Wind Sing is Haruki Murakami’s debut novella, a surreal, introspective coming-of-age story that introduces themes and characters that recur throughout his later works.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hear the Wind Sing canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novella ⓘ |
| approximateLength | short ⓘ |
| author | Haruki Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
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coming of age ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ search for identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Hear the Wind Sing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pinball, 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
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contemporary Japanese literature ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ surreal fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasForm | book ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late 20th-century Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective narration
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minimalist prose ⓘ surreal elements ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Rat
NERFINISHED
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unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
American pop culture
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bars ⓘ drinking ⓘ music ⓘ radio ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Haruki Murakami’s debut work
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establishing themes of Murakami’s later fiction ⓘ introduction of recurring Murakami characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 風の歌を聴け NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Murakami early works ⓘ |
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Kodansha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringCharacterIntroduced |
J
NERFINISHED
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the Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Trilogy of the Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Kobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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