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The book "What Are We Talking About When We Talk about Haruki Murakami" selects Haruki Murakami's representative works "1Q84", "Norwegian Wood", "Kafka on the Shore", "Listen to the Wind", "Dance!" Dance! Dance! ", "South of the Border and West of the Sun", "Sheep Hunting Adventures" and more than ten works, excerpts and interpretations of text passages that reflect the main theme of Haruki Murakami's works are interpreted and analyzed. While analyzing the creative background of these works, the book also explains the practical significance of the works in light of the current situation.

Keigo Higashino's novels can resonate with people in contemporary times because his novels unbiasedly address people's various inner confusions. The author of "What are we talking about when we talk about Keigo Higashino" pointed out that Keigo Higashino's mystery novels express an ideal, which is to comfort the hearts of the humble who are threatened by death. This ideal belongs to all human beings who truly feel the plight of life. The humble people in his works are in opposition to modern society, resisting technological rationality and the surveillance system that accompanies it. "What Are We Talking About When We Talk about Keigo Higashino" is a book that uses Keigo Higashino's novels to find answers for us, telling people how to realize their own value and achieve happiness in life.