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Haruki Murakami unveils his new short story at a Tokyo literary event

Source: The Waseda International House of Literature/"Authors Alive! special edition Haruki Murakami x Mieko Kawakami"

Only 1,100 lucky audience members were there to hear the yet-to-be published short story “Kaho,” read aloud by bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami himself.

The reading took place at a Friday night book event called “The Owl Reads in Spring" — a, also featuring award-winning author Mieko Kawakami.

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