Attacked by Oe for his anti-intellectualism, he was also called "batakusai" or "stinking of butter" in reference to his Americanism.  
Attacked by Oe for his anti-intellectualism, he was also called "batakusai" or "stinking of butter" in reference to his Americanism.  His most recent novel, a retelling of the Oedipus myth, is meant as a successor to his three-volume masterpiece, which chronicled Toru Okada's search for his wife and cat.  The stories "superfrog saves tokyo" and "ufo in kushiro" are included in his most recently translated work, after the quake.  The author of Kafka on the Shore, FTP, identify this author of A Wind-up Bird Chronicle.
Attacked by Oe for his anti-intellectualism, he was also called "batakusai" or "stinking of butter" in reference to his Americanism.  
Haruki Murakami