THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 1, 2023 at 17:23 JST
People line up to buy Haruki Murakami’s novel "Kishidancho-goroshi" (Killing Commendatore) as soon as it is released on Feb. 24, 2017, at a bookstore in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The legions of "Harukists" around the world should mark April 13 on their calendars.
That's the date internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami's first long novel in six years will be released in Japan.
Publisher Shinchosha made the announcement on Feb. 1. The title has not been disclosed.
The publisher said a digital version of the novel will be released the same day, which will be unprecedented for a Murakami lengthy novel.
The author's last long novel was “Kishidancho-goroshi” (Killing Commendatore), published by Shinchosha in 2017.
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