Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai - Hardcover
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Two of Japan's foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the transcript now makes its first appearance in English.
Topics from the Contents:
The Meaning of Commitment
Words or Images?
Making Stories
Answering Logically versus Answering Compassionately
Self-Healing and Novels
Marriage and 'Well-digging'
Curing and Living
Stories and the Body
The Relationship between a Work and its Author
Individuality and Universality
Violence and Expression
Where are We Headed?
Hayao Kawai was Minister of Culture for -Japan and decorated as a 'Person of Cultural- Merit'. He originally studied mathematics, then trained to become a Jungian psychoanalyst and sandplay therapist in Zürich. Back in his native country, he went on to introduce Jung's psychology and sandplay therapy. Kawai became a well-known writer and television personality in Japan and also abroad; many of his works have been translated into other languages.
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