‘“If all they did was lend out knowledge for free, what would the payoff be for them?”“But that doesn’t give them the right to saw off the tops of people’s heads and eat their brains. Don’t you think that’s going a bit too far?’”If you haven’t ever read a story by Murakami before, he’s odd. Very odd...
First book for children by Murakami and it is completely immersed in his surreal world. It is a bit macabre, reminiscing original Grimm tales. I cannot shake a feeling that he wanted to convey the idea that libraries can prepare you for living - even encountering hard times that leave you at the beg...
"Indulgent" is the word that critics will use to describe The Strange Library, no doubt. Some readers have expressed their thought that Murakami is now famous enough that he can do whatever the heck he pleases (a'la Peter Jackson's maulinginterpretation of The Hobbit), spurning the marketplace and r...
First of all: don't let the size of this book fool you. This is not a novella. It is a short story laid out in double spaced 20 point type, with half of the pages filled with full color pictures. You can sit down and read this in one short sitting. It's more of an art project than a book. And that's...
Published December 2nd 2014 My first Murakami experience. I’ve always avoided Murakami. I’m not sure why. Maybe because I don’t read Japanese. Or maybe it’s because I’m very particular about the use of stream-of-consciousness and magic realism in a story. Saramago is to stream-of-consciousness w...
Star Rating: 5 Stars, Buy it Self Purchase, Kindle Edition Just as a fair warning, I love Haruki Murakami (as in he’s my favorite author of non genre literature).. His last book, I liked but I think I only gave a four stars. In this short story, I feel like he returns to his true form. This wa...
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