In new book, Murakami explores walled city and shadows

Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city when he was fresh off his debut. More than four decades later, as a seasoned and acclaimed novelist, he gave it a new life as “The City and Its Uncertain Walls.” It was three years ago when he felt the time had come to revisit the story that he thought was imperfect but had important elements, such as the wall and the shadow, and tackle them again based on what he was feeling on his skin. “Because of the coronavirus … I hardly went out and stayed home most of the time, and I tended to look at my inner self. Then I thought, perhaps it’s time to write that story,” Murakami said. And he did, “as if recovering it from the back of a drawer.”

tips

fresh off：新鲜出炉

debut：初登场

seasoned：经验丰富的

acclaim：赞同；欢呼

tackle：处理；铲球

corona：冠；冠状物

drawer：抽屉（draw 画；draw- 拉的意思）