Our evening make-up session will be at the usual location and time, Tuesday, December 16th. We will discuss Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.

Click below to download a printable PDF version of our Spring 2009 reading list with recommended editions:

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(  Murakami photo by wakarimasita under Creative Commons license )

Here are a few Murakami links as we "wind-up" our semester! 

• A dialogue with Jay McInerney: Roll Over Basho
• A  Guardian interview by Richard Williams
• A Guradian article
• A Salon interview
• Review by Kakutani at the NYTimes
• Review by James at the NYTimes
• An email exchange on translating Murakami 
• A theatrical adaptation by Stephen Earnhart
• Murakami website at Random House (opens in new window because this site overrides your "back button")

Here is a map of Toru's Tokyo, drawn by Yorker, thank you!!! Click on the image to open at full size in a pop up window:

Come join us Thursday, Dec. 4th, for an Auction to benefit Archipelago Books at The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, 972 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan (between 78th and 79th). Event begins at 6:30 with silent and live auctions. The evening will include bidding on a variety of items from gift certificates, to limited and signed editions, as well as original artwork.

The editions for our Spring 2009 reading list are now posted with links on the left sidebar. A printable list is coming soon!