Haruki Murakami library unveiled at author's alma mater in Tokyo


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A visitor takes pictures in The Waseda International House of Literature, also known as Haruki Murakami Library, which is designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, at Waseda University in Tokyo on Sept 22. Photo: AFP

Haruki Murakami fans can marvel at a vast collection of the Japanese author's novels, scrapbooks and vinyl at a cavernous new library unveiled on Sept 22 at his old university in Tokyo.

Murakami, 72, is one of Japan's most famous writers, whose intricately crafted tales of the absurdity and loneliness of modern life are global bestsellers.

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