You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.
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Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Literature should be accessible to everyone, not just an elite audience.
Haruki Murakami argues that literature should not be confined to a small group of highbrow readers, but rather it should engage with a wider audience, especially in a world dominated by popular culture. He suggests that literature can stand alongside other forms of entertainment and compete for the attention of the general public.
Themes
LiteratureCultureAudiencePopular CultureEntertainment
In practice
Example use cases
During a book club meeting to emphasize the importance of accessibility in literature.
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