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How are the Chekov passages handled in the translation of 1Q84?
I'm curious about the Chekov passages which Tengo reads aloud to Fuka-Eri.
Presumably they are in Japanese in the original. Were they copied from an existing Japanese translation of Chekov?
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Did Sara and Tsukuru finally get together?
Haruki Murakami's novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" follows the life of Tsukuru Tazaki and his relationships and bonds with people he meets in his life - the group ...
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"That’s because you’ve already made your wish." What does it mean?
Haruki Murakami's short story "Birthday Girl", available to read online, is about a girl working part-time as a waiter who gets to make a special wish on her twentieth birthday. In the frame story, ...
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How many "Little People" are in the story-in-the-story in 1Q84?
In Haruki Murakami's novel 1Q84, there is a novella, Air Chrysalis, that plays an important role. It describes some apparently supernatural beings called "the Little People". When the &...
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Who is the second narrator character in Haruki Murakami's "Birthday Girl"?
Haruki Murakami's short story "Birthday Girl", available to read online, is about a girl working part-time as a waiter who gets to make a special wish on her twentieth birthday. Much of it is written ...
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What was her wish in Haruki Murakami's "Birthday Girl"?
Haruki Murakami's short story "Birthday Girl", available to read online, is about a girl working part-time as a waiter who gets to make a special wish on her twentieth birthday. The first-person ...
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"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle": English vs. Russian translation?
I recently started reading "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami in English and I'm quite enjoying it.
However, I learned that the English version — although well-translated — omits ...
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