Year Zero

"At the very last minute Murakami had the idea to slant the kanji 殺 (“to kill”). So they cut out just that character and played around with different angles. Finally, Murakami picked an angle that he liked and they taped the paper down with scotch tape so that they could replicate it."

The Book Design of Haruki Murakami’s “Killing Commendatore” On February 24 Haruki Murakami released his latest novel titled “Kishidancho Goroshi.” Published in two 500-page volumes and given the English title “Killing Commendatore,” it’s Murakami’s first…