It was 'great relief' for Haruki Murakami to finish his latest novel

“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” is Haruki Murakami’s first novel in six years, revisiting a novella he wrote in 1980. The story follows a man who reads dreams stored in a library in a walled town with a Gatekeeper and explores themes of loneliness, longing, and love. Murakami reflects on his writing process and the significance of revisiting old work, emphasizing that he writes stories that naturally flow and doesn’t see his style as surrealistic. He completed the novel during the pandemic, finding significance in the circumstances of isolation and introspection.

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