Why Haruki Murakami Adaptations Will Never Live Up to The Source Material

Haruki Murakami is one of today’s leading authors in the genre of magical realism, bridging the gap between the 20th and 21st centuries, with at least 21 books to have been published and translated into English. Murakami’s books have achieved worldwide success, giving him a stellar reputation in Japanese literary culture and a canon of worldwide recognised literature that will likely survive generations.