Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love

«The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet.»

Collecting gems from the Springsteen on Broadway show in NYC to the Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story “Tony Takitani,” Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love reveals a side of the writer rarely seen by the public.

Considered “the world’s most popular cult novelist” (The Guardian), Haruki Murakami has written books that have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-copy vinyl record collection and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit. In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shares his T-shirts. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami’s multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.