Kitchen Table Novels

Murakami's first two novellas, written by hand for two hours a night at his kitchen table after closing his bar. Tamir's proof that you can make the time.

Where it appears 1

• 
  the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway

  Listen at 1:16:50Read it in the transcript

Connections

Mentioned alongside

• Murakami wrote at the kitchen tableTamir Barzilai · Ep 2 · 1:16:50

  Tamir recounts that Murakami, at 30, ran a bar and after getting home late at night would sit at his kitchen table for two hours writing by hand, producing Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball…

Explored through

• Make the time, even late at nightTamir Barzilai · Ep 2 · 1:16:50

  Like Murakami writing two hours a night at the kitchen table after work, carve out time despite money, circumstances and space.

References

• Pinball, 1973
• Hear the Wind Sing