Greek and Turkish Added to the List of Translation Copyright Holders

This is the updated list of foreign translation copyright holders from the page of Curtis Brown agency, Murakami's agent in Europe. It has become quite a long list! Recently Greek and Turkish have been added.
http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/haruki-murakami/colourless-tsukuru-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage/

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Bulgarian

World

Colibri

Catalan

World

Ediciones Empuries

Czech

World

Euromedia Group

Dutch

World

Uitgeverij Atlas

English

Canada

Doubleday

English

UK & Comm

Harvill Secker

English

US

Knopf

Finnish

World

Tammi

French

World

Editions Belfond

German

World

Dumont Buchverlag

Greek

World

Psichogios Publ Co Greece

Hebrew

World

Kinneret Publishing House

Hungarian

World

Geopen Konyvkiado Kft.

Italian

World

Einaudi Editore

Lithuanian

World

Baltos Lankos

Norwegian

World

Pax

Polish

World

Muza SA

Portuguese

Portugal

Casa das Letras

Romanian

World

Editura Polirom

Serbian

World

Geopoetika Publishing House

Slovak

World

Slovart spol

Slovene

World

Mladinska Knjiga

Spanish

World

Tusquets Editores

Swedish

World

Norstedts

Turkish

World

Dogan Kitapcilik

Dull Brown and Indigo Rays: More on People Emanating Colors

I posted on August 19th about the idea of people emanating colors, which appears in Chapter 5 of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki in the story told by one of the characters, called Midorikawa.  But I ran across this theme again last week when reading a vintage mystery by Margery Allingham.  Given Murakami's liking for mysteries and the fact that he was inspired by the American hard-boiled genre when writing his early novels and some short stories, I thought I would post the relevant passage here -- just for fun.

'No,' he said. 'Inspector Oath is not particularly interested in Lisa.'

'Of course he's not,' said Donna Beatrice. 'He's not interested in anyone, I hope. It's perfectly obvious that poor misguided Dacre committed suicide. I told the Inspector there were angry dull brown and indigo rays round the boy's head last night. Read what all the authorities say about dull brown and indigo rays. I don't supposed even the Inspector is going to question the authority of men like Kunst and Higgins. Dull brown and indigo rays mean violence, depression, and a lowering of the cosmic tone. A perfectly simple case of suicide. After all, that's the only charitable way to look at it.'

'You saw the rays? said Max, fixing her with a dark unwavering eye. 'Are you prepared to swear in court that you actually saw colored rays of light encircling young Dacre's head any time in your life?'

Donna Beatrice's gaze wavered for an instant, but not for long. 

'Yes,' she said exasperatingly. 'I can see rays round all your heads now. There are too many dark colors in your own aura, Max.'

From Margery Allingham, Death of a Ghost (London: Heinemann, 1934), pp. 58-59.

Photographs from:

http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/motion-backgrounds/36478/Glory-Rays-Indigo

http://www.cjophoto.com/2011/03/brown.html

English Translation of Tsukuru Tazaki to Be Released on August 12

It was announced today that the English translation of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki by Philip Gabriel will be released by Random House on August 12, 2014.  It is already possible to pre-order the book on the publisher's page and on Amazon, but there is no image of the cover yet.

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Serbian and Italian Covers, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Slovak and Slovene Translation Rights

A Serbian and Italian covers of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki appeared on the website of Curtis Brown Agency, the agent representing Murakami in Europe.  The Serbian publisher is Geopoetika and the book will released in December in Nataša Tomić's translation (one of the very few announcements so far that include translator's name!). The Italian translation (which for some reason used the reading "Tasaki," instead of "Tazaki," in the title) will be translated by Antonietta Pastore and published by Einaudi Editore in March 2014 according to "well-informed sources"  (http://www.bibliotecagiapponese.it/2013/11/27/murakami-e-lincolore-tsukuru-tasaki-e-il-suo-anno-di-pellegrinaggio/).

http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/haruki-murakami/colourless-tsukuru-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage/

Also, Hebrew (Kinneret), Slovak (Slovart Spol), Lithuanian (Baltos Lankos) and Slovene (Mladinska Knjiga) have joined the list of languages and publishers who are foreign translation rights holders. 

The English Translation of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki Out Next Fall?

The Publishers Weekly posted an article on international bestsellers in 2013. Apparently Tsukuru Tazaki is at the top of the Spanish list. The article mentions that the English translation of the novel will be released by Knopf in the fall of 2014. This is the first mention of the English translation's release date more concrete than "2014."

International Bestsellers: November 2013: New Titles Rule The Lists

By Clare Swanson | 

Nov 22, 2013

Newcomers to the international bestseller lists locked down the top spots in several markets in October. Haruki Murakami’s much anticipated novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, the author’s first since 1Q84, hit #1 on Spain’s fiction list (Knopf will publish a translation in the U.S. in fall 2014). Anna Gavalda led the French list with her new novel Billie, which tells the story of a man and a woman who try to hit the restart button on their relationship.

Spain

	Fiction	Nonfiction
1	Los años de peregrinación del chico sin color Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami Tusquets	La vida es un regalo Life is a Gift María de Villota Plataforma
2	Dispara, yo ya estoy muerto Shoot, I’m Already Dead Julia Navarro Plaza & Janés	Puedo prometer y prometo I Can Promise and Promise Fernando Ónega Plaza & Janés
3	La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair Joël Dicker Alfaguara	El sueño de Alicia Alice’s Dream Eduardo Punset Destino

The whole article can be found at the Publishers Weekly site.

"Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki" Becomes the 2013 Bestseller in Japan

Kyodo reported today that "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki" was the best-selling book in 2013 in Japan.

Murakami's "Colorless Tazaki" becomes bestseller for 2013

TOKYO, Dec. 3, Kyodo

Writer Haruki Murakami's new novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" was the best-selling book in Japan during the 12 month period through November, selling an estimated 985,000 copies, according to information company Oricon Inc.

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Novels were strong in the reporting period -- from Nov. 19, 2012 and Nov. 17, 2013. Other top 10 entrants in the general category included Naoki Hyakuta's "Kaizoku to Yobareta Otoko" (the man who was called a pirate), and Jun Ikeido's "Rosujene no Gyakushu" (the lost generation strikes back).

To read the whole story go to: http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2013/12/259558.html