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Murakami T : the t-shirts I love / Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: x, 178 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593320426
  • 0593320425
Uniform titles:
  • Murakami T. English
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Contents:
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: "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. Considered "the world's most popular cult novelist" (The Guardian), 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 from the Springsteen on Broadway show in NYC, from The 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography MURAKAMI H. M972 Available 33111010751911
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

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.

"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. Considered "the world's most popular cult novelist" (The Guardian), 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 from the Springsteen on Broadway show in NYC, from The 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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