| Record Number |
867620 |
| ISBN |
9781787303195 (hardback) |
| Author |
Murakami, Haruki, 1949- author. |
| Title |
Murakami T : the t-shirts i love / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabrie. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Harvill Secker, 2021. |
| ©2021 |
| Pagination etc. |
x, 178 pages : colour illustrations ; 18 x 15 cm. |
| Contents note |
In the Summer, You Gotta Go Surfing -- Hamburgers and Ketchup -- Whisky -- Keep Calm and Read Murakami -- Record Stores are a Blast -- Animals are Cute, but a Little Tricky -- Meaning Unknown -- Springsteen and Brian -- Volkswagen's Quite Amazing -- Can't Help Thinking about a Nice Cold Beer -- A Book, Anyone? -- The Sandwich Man -- Lizards and Turtles -- College T-Shirts -- Soaring Through the Air -- Superheroes -- Setting Free the Bear Ts -- Beer Shirts -- All the T-Shirts I Ended Up Collecting, and Ones that Didn't Make it to the Photos Above. |
| Summary Note |
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. Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts - including gems found in bookshops, charity shops and record stores - from those featuring whisky, animals, cars and superheroes, to souvenirs of marathons and a Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story 'Tony Takitani'. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Subject - Name |
Murakami, Haruki, -- 1949- |
| Subject |
Authors, Japanese -- 20th century -- Biography |
| T-shirts -- Collectors and collecting -- Japan |
| T-shirts -- Pictorial works |
| Essays. |
| Added Author |
Gabriel, Philip, 1953- translator. |
| Shelf Location |
895.635 MURA |
