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by Haruki Murakami
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Bibliophilic Monologues
Bibliophilic Monologues rated it 15 years ago
I really liked this. It was like blinking at moments. And every time you opened your eyes, you would see something different. Something different or the same thing with more depth.
thebookcoop
thebookcoop rated it 15 years ago
This is Murakami compact.Set during one night it is the story of Mari who is awake and doesn't want to sleep, and her beautiful sister Eri, who is asleep day and night.Night time is a different place - a different undersea world where the people who live by night are different of course then those w...
so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it 15 years ago
A balm for my soul.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 16 years ago
A soft flutter of a gossamer night that makes for an ethereal read.-----Curtis Fuller plays Five Spot After Dark:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BlHRPXPx-4The manwithnoface in the book reminds me of Christopher Walken in that start of that Fat Boy Slim music video *snaps fingers, trying to remember*...
elisas8
elisas8 rated it 16 years ago
there's a lot to this book. i wish i could have slowed it down and read it slower, because i think i probably missed quite a bit. murakami has a lot to say and i'm looking forward to reading more of him in the future....here's my more in depth review after a few days of thinking about it. as far ...
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it 16 years ago
I initially would have given this book four stars, but it kept sneaking up on me for days after I finished it, so I bumped it up to five. I was taken with the story of Eri Asai and her choice to sink into an unnaturally deep sleep, waking only to meet the basic needs to continue life. Was the man in...
afeministreviews
afeministreviews rated it 16 years ago
I desperately wanted this to be longer. Much like with Murakami's other works, I was truly intrigued by his characters, as well as the foreign (for me, at least) backdrop of busy Japan. I felt like I was only getting to know Mari and Takahashi, as well as the Man with No Face. Though I didn't expect...
Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 16 years ago
This was my first book by Murakami and it sent me scurrying for anything else by the author. Since then, I've read three of his novels and he is fast becoming my favorite author. Others have told me that After Dark is not the one to start with but I think there is a lot to recommend it. The novel ta...
altheaann
altheaann rated it 16 years ago
A dreamlike book, written extremely visually, almost like a screenplay, and of an equivalent length. (short)Taking place over the course of one night in Tokyo, it follows a young woman, Mari, who has decided to stay out all night. A young man, Tetsuya, sees her sitting in a coffeeshop and introduces...
Ami's Hoard
Ami's Hoard rated it 16 years ago
4.5 starsI think this is the most down-to-earth novel by Mr. Murakami that is published now but with a touch of his earliest novels. I admire his recent novels but I also love his previous ones. This one has that mysterious, voyeuristic, supernatural, surrealist feeling of his recent novels but some...
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