PRAISE FOR HARUKI MURAKAMI'S MEN WITHOUT WOMEN: 'Murakami, always inventive, is one of the finest writers at work today' Evening Standard. Here are other movies based on his books. Crafted with delicacy and precision, Drive My Car is a meditative exploration of the need for human connection and our innate desire to be understood - even when we least expect it. “Had it not been for Fitzgerald’s novel, I would not be writing the kind of literature I am today (indeed, it is possible that I would not be writing at all, although that is neither here nor there)”. By Ashley Hajimirsadeghi Published Multiple Oscar-nominee Drive My Car is the latest movie adaptation of Haruki Murakami's work.

“All three have been indispensable to me (both as a reader and as a writer) yet if I were forced to select only one, I would unhesitatingly choose Gatsby,” Murakami declared. 1Haruki Murakami Drive My Car Translated from the Japanese by Honyakuzaka (1st Draft) Kafuku had ridden in cars driven by women many times and in his experience, they could be broadly divided into two types either a bit too aggressive or a bit too wary. Murakami actually translated The Great Gatsby into Japanese and in the book’s afterword, he wrote: “When someone asks, ‘Which three books have meant the most to you?’ I can answer without having to think: The Great Gatsby, Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, and Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye.” The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky).

In order to understand the creative sensibilities of Murakami, take a look at a list of some of his favourite books below. Drive My Car, adapted from a Murakami short story, won Best Screenplay at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and the Best International Feature Award at the 2022 Academy Awards. From the evidence of Drive My Car and Lee Chang-dong’s Burning (2018), Murakami’s short fiction seems an untapped reservoir for adaptation.

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