Rebecca Curtis Reads Haruki Murakami

Rebecca Curtis Reads Haruki Murakami

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Mohsin Hamid Reads Haruki Murakami

Mohsin Hamid joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Man-Eating Cats,” by Haruki Murakami, which was published in The New Yorker in 2000. Hamid is the author of five novels, including “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” “Exit West,” a winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize and the Aspen Word ...  Show more

Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane

Paul Yoon joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Hostel,” by Fiona McFarlane, which was published in The New Yorker in 2024. Yoon was one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” in 2010, and has published five books of fiction, including the novel “Run Me to Earth” and the sto ...  Show more

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