Murakami's straightforward novels have this quality to them. I tried to explain in my review of Norwegian Wood. They lack a signature strangeness and instead rely on an unusual way of telling a usual story. Loved it, as always.
This is one of Murakami's more conventional novels. There is no magical realism in this story. It is more of a romance like Norwegian Woods or at least as close to a romance as Murakami can get. It also reads like it may be one of his more personal efforts. The writing is rather intimate if fatalist...
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