Postmodern, Feminist and Postcolonial Currents in Contemporary Japanese Culture : A Reading of Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin

Fuminobu Murakami is a Japanese author known for his groundbreaking novel "Almost Transparent Blue," which vividly depicts the hedonistic lifestyle of disaffected youth in post-war Japan. His raw and visceral prose style revolutionized Japanese literature, exploring themes of alienation, drug abuse, and existential despair with unflinching honesty.