Poole, Steven (13. 9. 2014). „Haruki Murakami: 'I'm an outcast of the Japanese literary world'”. The Guardian. London. Архивирано из оригинала 22. 12. 2016. г. Приступљено 11. 12. 2016. „Murakami doesn't read many of his Japanese contemporaries. Does he feel detached from his home scene? "It's a touchy topic", he says, chuckling. "I'm a kind of outcast of the Japanese literary world. I have my own readers ... But critics, writers, many of them don't like me." Why is that? "I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan."”
Poole, Steven (13. 9. 2014). „Haruki Murakami: 'I'm an outcast of the Japanese literary world'”. The Guardian. London. Архивирано из оригинала 22. 12. 2016. г. Приступљено 11. 12. 2016. „Murakami doesn't read many of his Japanese contemporaries. Does he feel detached from his home scene? "It's a touchy topic", he says, chuckling. "I'm a kind of outcast of the Japanese literary world. I have my own readers ... But critics, writers, many of them don't like me." Why is that? "I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan."”
