身为职业小说家 (2022)

《身为职业小说家》ISBN 978-7-5442-8537-7（日语：职业としての小说家），是村上春树在2015年出版的书籍，中文版在2016年于台湾出版。中国大陆版本由南海出版公司出版，2017年1月出版。中国大陆版书名为《我的职业是小说家》。本书主要内容是村上春树三十五年写作生涯的总结，十三本长篇小说的写作过程自述，还有关于人生经历的分享。本书描写了作者小时候特别喜欢看书，通过阅读学到了很多知识。作者对于学校的期望并非让孩子们的想象力丰富起来之类那么多。作者希望为每种个性提供生存场所。

《身为职业小说家》一书揭露了村上春树的个人生活，每天早起跑步，写十页原稿，非常淡然。颠覆许多人对小说家生活的浪漫遐想，反倒是稳定健康的生活，帮助他的小说生涯。本书提到，写小说是效率低下的营生，如果你觉得非写小说不可，那么就来写小说吧。本书还分析了小说家的特征，小说家所具备的资质以及给想成为小说家的人一些建议。

主要内容

第一章 小说家是宽容的人种吗？

第二章 刚当上小说家那会儿

第三章 关于文学奖

第四章 关于原创性

第五章 那么，写点什么好呢？

第六章 与时间成为朋友--写长篇小说

第七章 彻底的个人体力劳动

第八章 关于学校

第九章 该让什么样的人物登场？

第十章 为谁写作？

第十一章 走出国门，新的疆域

第十二章 有故事的地方，怀念河合隼雄先生

Novelist as a Vocation (職業としての小説家, Shokugyō to shite no Shōsetsuka) is an essay collection written by Haruki Murakami published by Switch Publishing on 10 September 2015. An English translation by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen was released on 8 November 2022 by Alfred A. Knopf in the US, by Harvill Secker in the UK and by Doubleday Canada in Canada.

Summary

Novelist as a Vocation is a collection of essays. The first chapter of the book is "Are Novelists Broad-minded?". In the book there is an essay about Haruki Murakami with the title “How I Became a Novelist”.

Critical reception

The book received mixed reviews from critics, receiving praise for its insight into Murakami's life and career, as well as criticism for its loose structure and advice to novelists.

Charles Finch of The New York Times described the book as "assured, candid and often [...] deeply irritating."

Huda Awan of The Irish Times and Philip Hensher of The Daily Telegraph wrote that some of Murakami's writing advice seemed "bizarre," with Hensher commenting that it contains "startlingly banal observations on the writer's world."

Sean O'Hagan of The Guardian and Mini Kapoor of The Hindu both praised the book for its exploration of Murakami's mind and writing process.

The book was reviewed by Chris Rutledge of Washington Independent Review of Books, Karthik Keramalu of Firstpost, Brendan Daly of Business Post, Thu-Huong Ha of The Japan Times, Nick Duerden of The i and Paul Perry of Sunday Independent of Ireland.

Books Kinokuniya bought 90 percent of first print run of the book.