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In this photo provided by Shinchosa, author Haruki Murakami, right, speaks on stage next to author Mieko Kawakami in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. A monkey that confesses he steals women's identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, stars as author Haruki Murakami marks 40 years since his debut as a novelist with his first public reading in Japan in nearly a quarter century. Now 70 and one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed novelists, Murakami debuted with “Hear the Wind Sing” in 1979, four years after he began writing while running a jazz bar in Tokyo. (Shinchosa via AP)

In this photo provided by Shinchosa, author Haruki Murakami, right, speaks on stage next to author Mieko Kawakami in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. A monkey that confesses he steals women's identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, stars as author Haruki Murakami marks 40 years since his debut as a novelist with his first public reading in Japan in nearly a quarter century. Now 70 and one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed novelists, Murakami debuted with “Hear the Wind Sing” in 1979, four years after he began writing while running a jazz bar in Tokyo. (Shinchosa via AP)

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