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. <p>Topics from the Contents: <ul> <li>The Meaning of Commitment </li> <li>Words or Images? </li> <li>Making Stories </li> <li>Answering Logically versus Answering Compassionately</li> <li>Self-Healing and Novels </li> <li>Marriage and 'Well-digging' </li> <li>Curing and Living </li> <li>Stories and the Body </li> <li>The Relationship between a Work and its Author </li> <li>Individuality and Universality </li> <li>Violence and Expression </li> <li>Where are We Headed?</li></ul>