A collection of surreal short stories told with charm and wit. In places quite beautiful. I particularly enjoyed the story about the man who worked in the elephant factory and dreams of a dancing dwarf – sounds bizarre, but is written so well as to be utterly compelling.
Murakami showcases the prenultimate short story. I actually enjoyed these more than his full length novels.Interestingly, the same names appear ... so one is given a glimpse of his novel's characters outside of their novels.The first story is excerpted from Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. And if you haven't...
Haven't finished with this book (I only made it so far as the tenth story, "Family Affair") but am abandoning it for the moment in favor of other, more interesting books and because quite frankly, I failed to understand the point of most of the stories, which often left me going "And what was that a...
He's the best thing since sliced bread, scratch that, I can't even compare him to bread. He's like the rain and earth that made the grain.Maybe this is too much praise, but really who of you out there is not over the moon in love with Haruki Murakami?With all that out of the way, maybe I should say ...
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