Articles by Ben Dooley
February 19, 2010
Online translations of Murakami’s short fiction 0
For those who can’t wait for Haruki Murakami’s new novel, Will over at Wednesday Afternoon Picnic will be translating flash fiction from Murakami’s collection of short stories Kumozaru.
February 19, 2010
Part 3 of Murakami’s 1Q84 coming soon in Japan 0
Part Three of Haruki Murakami’s massive new novel 1Q84 will be released in April. The novel is expected to be released in English by Random House in Fall 2011. Check out our previous reporting on Murakami’s latest here.
January 22, 2010
Bookless in Laredo 0
As of last week, Laredo, Texas, a city of 250,000 people has no bookstore. A sign of the coming apocalypse or a great business opportunity? You decide.
January 13, 2010
Avatar in Russia 0
James Cameron just can’t win with the Reds. Not just the Chinese communists, but the Russians, as well, have taken issue with Avatar’s politics.
January 12, 2010
Pandora’s Box: Avatar Sparks Debate in China 5
Chinese viewers see parallels between the movie’s plot and one of the nation’s most prominent social issues: the forced removal of Chinese citizens from their homes for government development projects.
January 11, 2010
Finishing Novels in Prison 0
The China Daily has an article today criticizing corrupt Chinese officials for signing lucrative book deals in prison. They must not know that some of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and fiction were written in the slammer.
