Haruki Murakami: Best-Selling Author

A child of Japan's postwar baby boom, Haruki Murakami grew up-much to the chagrin of his parents-immersed in Western culture. The unhappy and unmotivated student did not begin writing until he was twenty-nine years old. He was inspired to start in 1978 while watching a baseball game. Since then, his work has won awards and has been translated into more than fifty languages. Learn about his family, life in Japan and the influence he has had on modern literature.