"Author Haruki Murakami’s new novel will hit book stores in April, three years after the final instalment of “1Q84”, his Japanese publisher has said...Unlike in English-language publishing, Japanese authors are rarely tied to a specific publishing house over different books."
See a first glimpse at Amazon Japan (Japanese) translated in English here
Source: Murakami's new book out in April
FEB. 20, 2013
Japan Today