“Harukists” once again held their collective breath, and once again they were left disappointed.
The long-held prayers of die-hard fans of bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami went unanswered Thursday when the Swedish Academy awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature to Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah.
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