Sixty-Nine

ryu murakami ryū murakami ralph f. mccarthy

English professor Karen Holloway finds herself in the midst of fierce competition when she attempts to track down the origins of an 18th century manuscript found on a Virginia estate, whose writer is only identified by the name Ismene

Genres japanfictionjapanese literaturecontemporarynovelsliteratureasian literaturecoming of ageasia20th century

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1987

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Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1993 by Kodansha Amer Inc
ISBN: 9784770017369
ASIN: 4770017367
Language: English

About the author

ryu murakami

Ryū Murakami (村上龍) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is not related to Haruki Murakami or Takashi Murakami.

Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976 despite some observers decrying it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim.

Takashi Miike's feature film Audition (1999) was based on one of his novels. Murakami reportedly liked it so much he gave Miike his blessing to adapt Coin Locker Babies. The screen play was worked on by director Jordan Galland. However, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by Michele Civetta is currently in production.

Murakami has played drums for a rock group called Coelacanth and hosted a TV talk show.