Maliʻa paha i murakami ka laiki o ka No nā puke Nobel. No laila ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ka mea kākau Kepanī nui i ke kākau ʻana e pili ana i nā mea āpau, e pili ana i kāna mea e makemake nui ai, e like me ka hihia me kēia puke. Me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole e pili ana i nā kālaiʻike e poina mau ana iā ia i ka manawa hope loa, e like me ka hui o nā hoa i waiho ʻia no kahi ʻaina awakea ...
No ka mea he mea maopopo ma waho o ka hope o Stockholm, Hoʻomana akua nā mea heluhelu Murakami iā ia i nā wahi a pau e hoʻouna ʻia ai ʻo ia. Ma muli o ke ʻano like o kāna mau puke me kahi hōʻike avant-garde i kaulike ʻia me kēlā mau gleams maikaʻi o ka mea haʻi moʻolelo kūwaho. I kēia lā pono mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke mele, ʻaʻohe mea hou aʻe a emi ʻole hoʻi.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe āpau he hoihoi nui ʻo Haruki Murakami e pili ana i nā mele hou a me nā jazz a me nā mele kahiko. ʻAʻole kēia alakaʻi i alakaʻi iā ia e holo i kahi lāʻau jazz i kona wā ʻōpio, akā e hoʻokomo i ka hapa nui o kāna puke moʻolelo a hana me nā kuhikuhi mele a me nā ʻike. I kēia manawa, kaʻana ka mea kākau Iapana kaulana loa i ka honua me kāna poʻe heluhelu i kāna mau makemake, kona mau manaʻo a, ʻo ka mea nui, kona makemake e ʻike e pili ana i kahi mea noʻeau, ke mele, e hoʻohui i nā miliona o nā kānaka a puni ka honua.
I kēia hopena, i loko o nā makahiki ʻelua, ʻo Murakami a me kāna hoaloha ʻo Seiji Ozawa, ka mea alakaʻi mua o ka Boston Symphony Orchestra, i kamaʻilio kūkākūkā maikaʻi e pili ana i nā ʻāpana kaulana e Brahms a me Beethoven, na Bartok lāua ʻo Mahler, e pili ana i nā alakaʻi e like me Leonard ʻO Bernstein a me nā mea ʻimi mele kūikawā e like me Glenn Gould, ma nā ʻāpana o ke keʻena a me nā keaka mele.
No laila, ʻoiai e hoʻolohe ana i nā moʻolelo a me ka haʻi ʻana i nā ʻano manaʻo like ʻole, hele ka mea heluhelu i nā hilinaʻi momona a me nā ʻike ʻana e hoʻopilikia iā ia me ka hoihoi pau ʻole a me ka leʻaleʻa o ka leʻaleʻa ʻana i nā mele me nā pepeiao hou.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «Mele, mele wale nō», na Haruki Murakami, ma aneʻi: