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The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Considered the world's most popular cult novelist (The Guardian), Haruki Murakami has written books that have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts--including gems from the Springsteen on Broadway show in NYC, to the Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story Tony Takitani. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.
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"This lively peek into his collection provides some surprising insights into the humble, real Murakami."
"Murakami's charming, utterly self-effacing eccentricity—one of the hallmarks of his fiction—shines brightly here, as he goes through his shirts (many of which are stored in cardboard boxes), sorting by theme, concluding that his favorites fall into a category he calls 'meaning unknown.' Naturally, the text, which began as a series of magazine articles, is fully illustrated, allowing us to do our own virtual fondling."
"Seekers of deep cultural analysis should be advised that Murakami's pensées resolutely avoid that ..."
"Murakami's understated love letters to his tees also convey how we give life to our things and vice versa."
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