text: This author wrote a novel whose title character tries to reconnect with the group of friends that suddenly abandoned him in college.
full_question: This author wrote a novel whose title character tries to reconnect with the group of friends that suddenly abandoned him in college. In another of this author's novels, a former army lieutenant delivers a long monologue about being captured in Outer Mongolia. This author wrote a novel in which the Semiotecs compete with the Calcutecs. This author of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage wrote a novel in which May Kasahara exchanges letters with Toru Okada, who searches for Kimiko, his wife. For 10 points, name this contemporary Japanese author of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
first_sentence: This author wrote a novel whose title character tries to reconnect with the group of friends that suddenly abandoned him in college.
raw_answer: Haruki Murakami [or Murakami Haruki]