Jonathan Safran Foer vs. Haruki Murakami
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jonathan Safran Foer
1977 – present
Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist. He is known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), Here I Am (2016), and for his non-fiction works Eating Animals (2009) and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (2019). He teaches creative writing at New York University.
"I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has lov…"
Haruki Murakami
1949 – present
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, and translator known for blending surrealism, magical realism, and contemporary themes in works such as Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84.
"I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love…"
Connections
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