I always have such a difficult time reviewing translated books. I usually don't know who to give credit to as far as the writing is concerned. This time around, not only is the writing fantastic, but the story is unlike anything else I've ever read. Although the book has been translated into English...
After Dark is the second Haruki Murakami novel I've read, and it's a quick and brilliant read. It only took me the first chapter to completely grip me, and it never lost its hypnotizing hold on me. Even when I was unsure of how I felt after I was finished, I knew that I'd just finished a really stro...
Onestamente il finale m'ha lasciata perplessa. Quando ho finito di leggerlo mi sono chiesta: «Non hanno inserito le ultime pagine, mi sono persa qualcosa oppure non ho proprio capito niente?!». Ancora adesso non so la risposta, ma mi dispiace che il libro sia finito in quel modo.. In un certo senso ...
This is merely an attempt to describe this prize specimen of human creativity put into words that is Murakami, the master of magical realism.I remember the first time I ever read Murakami it was Kafka on the shore and I was in bed with a high fever and a huge pack of tissues. So delirious, drifting ...
"i do feel that i’ve managed to make something i could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. and when i’m inside it, to some extent, i feel kind of relieved. but the very fact i felt i had to make such a world probably means that i’m a weak person, that i bruise easily, don’t you think? an...
i do feel that i’ve managed to make something i could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. and when i’m inside it, to some extent, i feel kind of relieved. but the very fact i felt i had to make such a world probably means that i’m a weak person, that i bruise easily, don’t you think? and...
I suspect this was not the place to start with Murakami.I enjoyed the experience of reading this book, enjoyed it very much - but I did not as such enjoy the story. I enjoyed it as a creation of words, and I enjoyed the characters. But I felt less like I was reading a story and more like I was readi...
Deliciously spooky and deeply intimate. Like a Gregory Crewdson photo (or an Edward Hopper painting if you prefer that) It is such a short novel so I read it like you suck on a piece of candy, slowly and enjoying every minute.
If I were to give a synopsis for this novel, it would seem completely mundane. As well, the various storylines are never really resolved; the reader is left with a sense of general continuousness heralded by dawning of a new day. Here, Murakami is describing life...existence in its plainest form; wh...
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