Monday 31st January

12.30pm Artsoc (Regular)

SCR, Union Building

12.30pm Ski Club Meeting (Regular)

Southside Upper Lounge

12.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Circuit Training, Southside Gym

2pm SftW Deadline

The last chance to get your Diary dates or Clubs & Socs entries in this week.

5.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (beginners), Southside Gym

6pm IC Methsoc (Regular)

All faiths welcome, Basement 10

Princes’ Gardens.

6.30pm Fitness Club (Regular)

Aerobics (intermediate), Southside Gym

7.30pm IC Sinfonia (Regular)

Great Hall, All players welcome

6pm Felix News and Features Meeting

From Issue 1077

31st Jan 1997

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Hot takes: Murakami

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Hot takes: Murakami

Haruki Murakami has become a household name. Often seen as the frontrunner of Japanese literature in the West, he has also become an increasingly divisive author. Despite criticism regarding his presentation of women, and repetitiveness or banality in his oeuvre, Murakami still emerges as a widely read, well-enjoyed novelist. So

By Aditi Mehta, Mohammad Majlisi and Tarun Nair