Publisher Shinchosha announced that world-renowned Japanese author Murakami will be releasing his first new novel in six years this April.
Having his novel since February 2017 titled "Killing Commendatore," a little detail was given the new piece of work for his upcoming novel.
According to Shinchosha, in a brief statement in Japanese, the new work will be released on April 13 but gave no details of either the title or the plot.
Initially, the book is expected to be published in Japanese, having its translations to be followed, but has no confirmation yet of the release date.
The publisher said that the title consists of 1,200 Japanese manuscript pages long but the exact number of book pages was not also confirmed.
Murakami is a globally renowned writer who is pegged for the Nobel literature prize, having written novels like "Killing Commendatore," which was released in major bookstores in Tokyo.
