Haruki Murakami provides commentary on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel

Left: Kazuo Ishiguro Right: Haruki Murakami (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Author Haruki Murakami has written a commentary on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "The Remains of the Day," which appears as part of a special Japanese-language edition commemorating Ishiguro's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature last year.

The special edition was published on Wednesday by Hayakawa Publishing Corp.

Murakami, 69, met Nagasaki-born British author Ishiguro, 63, in Tokyo more than 10 years ago, when the publishing company's president, Hiroshi Hayakawa, introduced them, according to sources. They have deepened their friendship, and spoken in English with each other. They have read almost all of each other's novels.

The special Japanese edition of "The Remains of the Day" commemorating Ishiguro's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

In the commentary, Murakami mentioned that a charm of Ishiguro's works that Ishiguro has written different styles of long novels.

"He is a thrilling and highly motivated creator who is always pursuing new themes," Murakami wrote.

Murakami did not officially make a comment when it was announced that Ishiguro would be awarded the Nobel Prize.

Kazuo Ishiguro (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

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