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In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose.
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Some things, you know, if you say them, it makes them not true?
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