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Author:
Haruki Murakami
Publisher:
Knopf
Date:
November 23, 2021
In these essays that were initially published in a Japanese men's fashion magazine, the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle reflects on his expansive t-shirt collection, regaling readers with tales about how he came to own specific shirts and contemplating the general pleasures of this wardrobe staple.
What The Reviewers Say
I find the writer Haruki Murakami’s closet of T-shirts fascinating.
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..
... beguiling.
... short, witty, and conversational essays.
