Haruki Murakami is about to release a new book after 6 years

The moment that all fans have been waiting for has arrived for 6 years: the new book of Haruki Murakami, the 74-year-old world-famous writer, will be released on April 13. As reported by Nikkei Asiathe announcement comes from Shinchosha Publishing, the publishing house that will take care of the publication. No story or title news has been released yet, but the publisher has announced that the cost of the book will be 2,970 yen, about 21 euros. The latest work of the Japanese author dates back to 2017 and it’s called Killing Commanderreleased in Italy as The assassination of the Commendatore, but there are many other works in his career, we also remember Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the beach And 1Q84.

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and is a very prolific author: during his career he has in fact written short stories, novels and essays that have been translated into dozens of languages ​​all over the world. Among the prizes that have been awarded to him, we remember the Ganzo Prize for New Writersthe World Fantasy Award in 2006 for Kafka on the beachthe Franz Kafka Prize and the Jerusalem Prize.