{"id":15514,"date":"2013-05-25T01:05:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T01:05:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-05-25T01:05:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T01:05:54","slug":"Murakami-translation-out-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15514","title":{"rendered":"Murakami translation out next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The eagerly-awaited English translation of Haruki Murakami&#8217;s latest novel could hit bookstores next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shikisai wo Motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to Kare no Junrei no Toshi (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage)&#8221; was released last month in Japanese, <strong>with the publisher ordering a million copies in the first week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murakami&#8217;s legion of fans around the world is waiting with bated breath for the translation, which <strong>is being worked on by University of Arizona professor Philip Gabriel, the Asahi Shimbun said.<br 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