摘要
村上坚持认为自己不写作时是个地地道道的普通人——他说他的创造力是个“黑匣子”，无法在有意识的状态下进入。他经常躲避媒体，当读者在大街上要和他握手时，他总是感到很意外他说他更喜欢听别人说话。
That first visit to Murakami took place on a muggy midnlornilag, midweek, in the middle of a summer. 1 had come to speak with Murakami, Japan＇s leadingnovelist, about the translation into English of his massive lQ84-a book that has already sold millions of copies across Asia. At age 62, three decades into his career, Murakami has established himself as the unofficial laureate of Japan-- arguably its chief imaginative ambassador, in any medium, to the world： the primary source, for many millions of readers, of the texture and shape of his native country.
