{"id":37746,"date":"2015-08-06T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=37746"},"modified":"2017-05-07T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T00:54:09","slug":"wind-pinball-haruki-murakami-translated-ted-goosen-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wind-pinball-haruki-murakami-translated-ted-goosen-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind \/ Pinball by Haruki Murakami, translated by Ted Goossen [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wind.Pinball<\/a>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nBefore A Wild Sheep Chase<\/em> made Murakami an international sensation, he wrote these \u201ckitchen-table novels,\u201d so named for where his composition efforts took place after he wrapped up managing his Tokyo jazz bar for the day. Both Hear the Wind Sing<\/a><\/em> and Pinball, 1973<\/a><\/em> are prequels to Sheep<\/em> and comprise two-thirds of the \u201cTrilogy of the Rat\u201d; Dance Dance Dance<\/a><\/em>, Sheep<\/em>\u2019s sequel, actually makes the series a tetralogy.<\/p>\n

This latest two-title edition is a new translation from Canadian professor Goossen, who most recently translated Murakami\u2019s The Strange Library<\/a><\/em>; Alfred Birnbaum, Murakami\u2019s earliest English translator (including Sheep<\/em>) published translations of these two works in the mid-1980s, but distribution outside Japan remained mysteriously limited. Read side by side, the translations are not markedly different: Goossen\u2019s sentences seem slightly tighter, while Birnbaum\u2019s tend toward the more lyrical.<\/p>\n

Wind<\/em> introduces the ever-unnamed protagonist and his friend the Rat and covers 18 days during a university summer break; Pinball<\/em> follows our young man in Tokyo, Rat\u2019s growing alienation, and a wild chase to find the titular pinball (machine). Most fascinating is a new introduction in which Murakami shares the serendipitous (surreal) events that led to his novelist career, including a 1978 baseball game epiphany and a wounded bird. He divulges his uncommon style: he composes in English, then \u201ctransplants\u201d his text into his native Japanese. The first line of his first novel proves to be a personal lifelong challenge: \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a perfect piece of writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong>: Whether prompted by devotion, curiosity, or obsession, every Murakami fan will flock to this double feature. For newbies, this duo is an unparalleled opportunity to experience his progression from start to phenom: read in four-part order and witness the maturation of an iconic genius.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Fiction,” Library Journal<\/em>, July 30, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 1970 and 1980 (Japan), 1987 (Birnbaum translation, Japan), 2015 (Goossen translation, United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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