Japanese author Haruki Murakami to publish first new novel in six years


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Japanese writer Haruki Murakami attends a press conference during a media preview of 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 September 22, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami will release his first new novel in six years this April, publisher Shinchosha announced on Wednesday.

There was little detail given about the new work, which will be Murakami's first novel since Killing Commendatore was published in February 2017.

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