Anita Nair
An interview with one of my favourite Indian authors and also a photo op that I will ever cherish. I have read most of her books and have reviewed one of them in my blog. She is one of the very few Indian authors who can elegantly make the every day ordinary of the Indian middle class living into a journey worth remembering for the reader.
Courtesy : Talking Cranes
Haruki Murakami
I sure don’t have a personal interview from Murakami himself, but this British documentary on him is definitely a must watch.
Some of Murakami’s best selling books in chronological order
| Original publication | English publication | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Title | Year |
| 風の歌を聴け Kaze no uta o kike |
1979 | Hear the Wind Sing | 1987/2015 |
| 1973年のピンボール 1973-nen no pinbōru |
1980 | Pinball, 1973 | 1985/2015 |
| 羊をめぐる冒険 Hitsuji o meguru bōken |
1982 | A Wild Sheep Chase | 1989 |
| 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド Sekai no owari to Hādo-boirudo Wandārando = Sekai no owari & Hard-boiled Wonderland |
1985 | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | 1991 |
| ノルウェイの森 Noruwei no mori |
1987 | Norwegian Wood | 1989 (Birnbaum’s translation); 2000 (Rubin’s translation) |
| ダンス・ダンス・ダンス Dansu dansu dansu = Dance dance dance |
1988 | Dance Dance Dance | 1994 |
| 国境の南、太陽の西 Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishi |
1992 | South of the Border, West of the Sun | 2000 |
| ねじまき鳥クロニクル Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru |
1994–1995 | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | 1997 |
| スプートニクの恋人 Supūtoniku no koibito |
1999 | Sputnik Sweetheart | 2001 |
| 海辺のカフカ Umibe no Kafuka |
2002 | Kafka on the Shore | 2005 |
| アフターダーク Afutā dāku = After dark |
2004 | After Dark | 2007 |
| 1Q84 Ichi-kyū-hachi-yon |
2009–2010 | 1Q84 | 2011 |
| 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 Shikisai o motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to, kare no junrei no toshi |
2013 | Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage | 2014 |