Hārūkī Mūrākāmī bih dīdār-i Hāyāʼū Kāvāy mī-ravad Persiska (Farsi) 2025

Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai presents an intimate yet intellectually rich conversation between Haruki Murakami, the internationally acclaimed Japanese novelist, and Hayao Kawai, a prominent psychologist and psychotherapist associated with Jungian analytical psychology. Conducted over the course of a two-day meeting, their dialogue offers a rare opportunity to explore Murakami’s intellectual world and the intersections between literature, psychology, and human experience.

Throughout their conversations, Murakami and Kawai discuss subjects such as individuality and society, the meaning of commitment, cultural and linguistic differences, self-healing, the psychological role of storytelling, the relationship between mind and body, and the connection between a writer and his work. Beginning with personal and cultural experiences, their discussion gradually expands into broader questions concerning identity, human relationships, suffering, responsibility, and the place of stories in human life.

Kawai’s presence, as one of the influential figures in the development of Jungian analytical psychology in Japan, gives the book a distinctive psychological dimension. Murakami, meanwhile, reflects on his writing process, fictional characters, the unconscious, and the relationship between the novelist and the imagined world of fiction. In this sense, the book is more than a collection of interviews; it can also be read as a companion to Murakami’s novels and as a guide to understanding aspects of his fictional universe.

Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai will be of particular interest to readers of Murakami and to those interested in Japanese literature, Jungian psychology, creative writing, and the relationship between literature and the human psyche. This Persian edition was translated by Mojgan Ranjbar and published by Cheshmeh Publishing.