Ryu Murakami
Japanese novelist whose debut Almost Transparent Blue won both the Gunzo Prize and the Akutagawa Prize. His brutal, hallucinatory fiction about youth subculture, violence, and social alienation distinguishes him from his namesake Haruki.
Works
- Almost Transparent BlueNovel of drug addiction and youth alienation in 1970s Tokyo
- Coin Locker BabiesDark tale of two abandoned babies raised in a postwar city underworld
- In the Miso SoupPsychological thriller about a serial killer and his Western tourist victim in Tokyo
- AuditionHorrifying psychological horror exploring obsession and manipulation
- PiercingNovella of violence and intimacy between a disturbed man and pregnant woman
- Popular Hits of the Showa EraSatire of popularity and cultural trends in Japan's entertainment industry