{"product_id":"haruki-murakami-chikako-nihei-9781032241197","title":"Haruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaruki Murakami: Storytelling and Productive Distance\u003c\/em\u003e studies the evolution of the \u003ci\u003emonogatari, \u003c\/i\u003eor narrative and storytelling in the works of Haruki Murakami. Author Chikako Nihei argues that Murakami's power of \u003ci\u003emonogatari \u003c\/i\u003elies in his use of distancing effects; storytelling allows individuals to \"cross\" into a different context, through which they can effectively observe themselves and reality. His belief in the importance of \u003ci\u003emonogatari \u003c\/i\u003eis closely linked to his generation's experience of the counter-­--culture movement in the late1960s and his research on the 1995 Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack caused by the \u003ci\u003eAum shinrikyo \u003c\/i\u003ecult, major events in postwar Japan that revealed many people's desire for a stable narrative to interact with and form their identity from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chikako Nihei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032241195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032241197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Chikako Nihei","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075494375679,"sku":"9781032241197","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6243f66-f7a3-4288-a5ff-4c7a6c481e10.jpg?v=1685459756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haruki-murakami-chikako-nihei-9781032241197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}