Famed author Murakami goes with the flow when penning stories


In this Nov. 7, 2014, photo, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami attends the award ceremony of the Welt-Literaturpreis, a literature prize established in 1999 by German daily newspaper Die Welt, in Berlin. Japanese author Murakami says he enjoys writing novels because he doesn’t even know where they end up. Murakami, hosting a special radio show said he follows ideas that pop up as he writes. He says it’s no fun to write a story with a pre-determined ending. Murakami made the comment during Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018’s “Murakami Radio,” a pre-recorded show broadcast only in Japan. (Kohei Hirotsu/Kyodo News via AP)

TOKYO: Haruki Murakami (pic) says he enjoys writing novels because he does not know how they will end.

The Japanese author behind global bestsellers like his latest, Killing Commendatore, hosted a special radio show on Sunday.

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