Happy 64th birthday to Haruki Murakami! That this year may be the year he finally wins that Nobel Prize in Literature (average age of the winners is 64) ;) In honour of his birthday I read De broodjesroofverhalen, a little book compiling the two short 'bakery attack' stories. It was published in D...
In honour of his birthday (January 12th) I just had to read something by Murakami today.Despite being really short, I do love this little book. This short story is pure Murakami (but without many of his clichés), the illustrations by Kat Menschik are pretty cool and the translation (I read the Dutch...
I think Murakami is a great writer, but this story felt rather rushed and unloved. Sure, the things that Murakami likes to incorporate in his story are there. But there just seems to be no point to the story. He keeps on repeating himself. A shame.
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