Maybe just superficially. Both craft worlds and stories where you know something is concealed, and that thing is probably dark and scary. In Murakami novels the reveal tends to be something exotic and weird. In Ishiguro it’s often some reality or truth that was right there all along but nobody could or would see it. That’s a super broad generalization from reading about 4 Murakamis and about 3 Ishiguros, but they all fit the pattern.
Maybe just superficially. Both craft worlds and stories where you know something is concealed, and that thing is probably dark and scary. In Murakami novels the reveal tends to be something exotic and weird. In Ishiguro it’s often some reality or truth that was right there all along but nobody could or would see it. That’s a super broad generalization from reading about 4 Murakamis and about 3 Ishiguros, but they all fit the pattern.