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  • In the Miso Soup

    In the Miso Soup - Paperback

    In the Miso Soup - Paperback

    By Ryu Murakami
  • Popular Hits of the Showa Era

    Popular Hits of the Showa Era - Paperback

    Popular Hits of the Showa Era - Paperback

    By Ryu Murakami
  • Audition

    Audition - Paperback

    Audition - Paperback

    By Ryu Murakami
  • Piercing

    Piercing - Paperback

    Piercing - Paperback

    By Ryu Murakami

About Ryu Murakami Books

Ryu Murakami was born in 1952 in Nagasaki prefecture, Ryu Murakami is the enfant terrible of contemporary Japanese literature. Awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976 for his first book, a novel about a group of young people drowned in sex and drugs, he has gone on to explore with cinematic intensity the themes of violence and technology in contemporary Japanese society. His novels include Piercing, Coin Locker Babies, Sixty-Nine, Popular Hits of the Showa Era, Audition, In the Miso Soup and From the Fatherland, with Love. Murakami is also a screenwriter and a director; his films include Tokyo Decadence, Audition and Because of You.