Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love by Haruki Murakami

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The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet- Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Many of Haruki Murakami's fans know about his massive vinyl record collection (10,000 albums!) and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate passion- his T-shirt collecting. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts from concert shirts to never-worn whiskey-themed Ts, and from beloved bookstore swag to the shirt that inspired the iconic short story "Tony Takitani." These photographs are paired with short, frank essays that include Murakami's musings on the joy of drinking Guinness in local pubs across Ireland, the pleasure of eating a burger upon arrival in the United States, and Hawaiian surf culture in the 1980s. Together, these photographs and reflections reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.

  • Product Features

    • Author - Haruki Murakami
    • Publisher - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
    • Publication Date - 11-23-2021
    • Page Count - 192
    • Hardcover
    • Age Range - Adult
    • Art, Architecture and Photography
    • Product Dimensions - 5.6 W x 6.8 H x 0.8 D
    • ISBN-13 - 9780593320426

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3 years ago
from Southern California

A very different type of Murakami read.

Anyone who knows me well, knows how much I love Haruki Murakami. I love everything he has written. Not because his work is perfection but because his writing is ALWAYS a palate cleanser for me and always so different from what I’ve been reading. Murakami T – The T-shirts I Love delivered, as promised. Among other things, Murakami collects T-shirts and decided to write about some of his favorite pieces. This might sound as interesting as cleaning the lint trap of your dryer, but let me tell you, it is all very interesting. His musings about why a shirt is memorable range from his admiration over graphic design, the message it’s attempting to convey, or how it captures a certain moment in time, like his many marathon t-shirts. I’ve never been a big graphic -shirt wearer but with each page, I could easily appreciate his observations. My only criticism is that I read this review copy on my Kindle Paperwhite so the many photos were in B&W which took away from some of the design aspects he was attempting to call out. If you pick up this book, and you should, get a physical copy or read it on on iPad with the Kindle app. Murakami’s books come every two years or so due to them being translated so I was happy to see this one while I wait for new fiction to drop.

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