Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love -- Haruki Murakami, Hardcover

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.

Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 11/23/2021
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 6.80h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780593320426

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2021 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly 09/06/2021
Booklist 09/15/2021 pg. 8
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2021
Shelf Awareness 12/14/2021

About the Author
HARUKI MURAKAMI was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in 2016.