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Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami will be on auction for first time in India

At online auction house AstaGuru’s Southeast Asian Contemporary Art sale, Murakami’s Blue Flower is estimated to sell between ₹1.99-3.32 croreAstaGuru’s sale returns after the interest generated at its debut last year, when work worth ₹24.78 crore was sold

2 min read16 Aug 2019
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The Lounge list of 20 books you don’t want to miss in 2018

Does it take a new novel and Earl Grey to charge up your day? Or do politics and cricket dominate your bookshelf? There's something for every reader in this year's big offerings from India and beyond

8 min read12 Jan 2018
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Six novels in which rains had a part to play

Be it Emily Bront or Gabriel Garca Mrquez, the rains have metaphorical significance in all these novels

2 min read24 Jun 2017
News

Three plays and Haruki Murakami

The three plays from Haruki Murakami's short stories collection that will be presented this weekend are 'On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning', 'Sleep ' and The Second Bakery Attack'

2 min read1 Jun 2017
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Letter from... a sports reading list

What makes books on or by sportspersons or books on sport itself interesting?

6 min read7 May 2017
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Season’s readings

Lounge curates your guide to the finest fiction releases of the year. Bookmark these

3 min read3 Mar 2017
Industry

Haruki Murakami’s new book to be released 24 February in Japan

Haruki Murakami's new book Kishidancho Goroshi, which means Murder of a Knight Commander, will hit Japanese bookstores on 24 February

1 min read10 Jan 2017
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Haruki Murakami deemed a natural heir to Hans Christian Andersen’s legacy

The Japanese author wins this year's Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, a relatively new literary honour

2 min read1 Nov 2016
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Nobel Literature Prize announcement pushed back to 13 October

The prestigious Nobel Literature Prize, first awarded in 1901, has traditionally been announced on a Thursday, generally the first one during the same October week as the other prizes created by Alfred Nobel

1 min read30 Sep 2016
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Why we read Murakami

Whether or not we think of him as a genius, the publication of a Murakami book is an epic event

4 min read2 Dec 2015
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