“Run away as far as you want. I will always be there”: On Murakami’s Unstable Walls

Rick Dolphijn

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-89646-0_4

“Run away as far as you want. I will always be there”: On Murakami’s Unstable Walls

Rick Dolphijn^*

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ICON - Media and Performance Studies

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Abstract

In his most recent book, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, the art of travelling is key to most events. The characters he created throughout the years were developed according to their particular way of travelling. In this most recent work, however, we could even say that it is not so much from this character (which also remains unnamed) but really from the perspective of the city that the book is written. The city is alive.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts
Publisher	Springer Science + Business Media
Chapter	4
Pages	23-30
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031896460
ISBN (Print)	9783031896453
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89646-0_4
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2025

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Keywords

Deleuze
Geography
Inside/outside
Murakami
Shadows
The city
The library
The Ship of Fools

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“Run away as far as you want. I will always be there”: On Murakami’s Unstable Walls

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