PLANK JULY 23, 2012
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How Haruki Murakami created the myth of his own originality.
Threepenny Review | 13 min (3,205 words)
Is the West witnessing a rise in anti-Muslim bigotry? An interview with Martha Nussbaum.
Boston Review | 12 min (2,974 words)
Could an Obama victory save American labor? Don’t count on it.
Dissent | 12 min (2,959 words)
Europe’s most famous philosopher is optimistic about the fate of his continent. Others, however, are less bullish.
The Nation| 12min (2,946 words)
1 comments
"How Haruki Murakami created the myth of his own originality." Did whoever wrote this read the linked article? The essay suggests that Murakami's prose is "bland" but not unoriginal. In fact, the author suggests that this rendering of extreme, surreal scenes in placid, almost comfortingly concrete prose is highly original and constitutes a virtue not a vice. I don't know what it is about you TNR headline writers, but all too often in an effort to be punchy and contrary you whiff the ball totally.
- AaronW
July 23, 2012 at 9:07pm