Murakami Haruki The Simulacrum in Contemporary Japanese Culture |
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| Author:
| Seats, Michael Robert |
| Series title: | Studies of Modern Japan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-0785-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $162.95 |
Book Description:
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This book offers a new approach to dealing with Murakami's radical narrative project by demonstrating how his first and later trilogies utilize the structure of the simulacrum, a second-order representation, to develop a complex critique of contemporary Japanese culture.
This book offers a new approach to dealing with Murakami's radical narrative project by demonstrating how his first and later trilogies utilize the structure of the simulacrum, a second-order representation, to develop a complex critique of contemporary Japanese culture.