Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words is a non-fiction book by Jay Rubin, published by Harvill Press in 2002.
The book discusses Haruki Murakami.
The book includes some original essays written by Rubin along with some existing works by Murakami, including some entire stories and some excerpts of such.[1] It also includes a biography of Murakami. Steffen Hantke of Sogang University described it as an "attempt to provide its readers with everything but the kitchen sink."[2] Hantke described the book at the time as "the most comprehensive single work of scholarship on" Murakami.[3]
It argues against the idea that Murakami's novels had little value.[4]
Ann Sherif of Oberlin College wrote that Rubin was "frank" in his appraisals of Murakami's literature.[1]