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by Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen
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Folding Paper & Spilling Ink
Folding Paper & Spilling Ink rated it 10 years ago
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...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 10 years ago
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...
Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it 10 years ago
It is in hope of finding stories like this that I keep reading, in spite of the obvious dangers of strange libraries.
Merry Meerkat Marginalia
Merry Meerkat Marginalia rated it 10 years ago
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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