Haruki Murakami
publication date: Saturday, November 7, 2009 (part of Round XLI)
category: 
Literature
clue: Nobody does a better job of depicting the Kafkaesque complication and soullessness of modern Japanese society.
explanation: Murakami was a Japanese-American novelist known for winning the Franz Kafka Prize for his novel Kafka on the Shore. His works criticized a job-focused modern Japanese society that was lost its spirit. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Ryan Dunn, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
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