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offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2004-02-13 20:24 [#01072429]
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i just finished this, and i want more murakami. this is one
hell of a book, if a bit meandering, but it blows alot of
what i read out of the water.
i've read norwegian wood and south of the border, west of
the sun. both are great, but they're deceptively more simple
than this one. so...what other books that he's written are
on or near this level?


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2004-02-13 20:25 [#01072432]
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whoops, two topics for the price of one apparently.


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-02-13 21:19 [#01072450]
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echo! :D

 

offline acrid milk hall from United Kingdom on 2004-02-14 06:20 [#01072796]
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i started a murakami thread ages ago, but no one really
wenrt for it.

i recommend 'hard-boiled wonderland & the end of the world'
as the best murakami i have read. don't want to say too much
about it.. just read it if you already like his work. i read
it in a couple of days, listening to 'finally we are no one'
by múm on loop. now the two are inseperable in my mind.

ive also read wind up bird - after the quake + the elephant
vanishes.
all 3 are very good - but the latter 2 are collections of
short stories.
'quake' is interesting as theyre all tied to a central theme
: the changes in he lives of several completely unrelated
people following a major earthquake in japan.

i love the poetry of murakami's work - or, at least, the
interpretations of his work.. sadly, i dont read japanese.


 

offline acrid milk hall from United Kingdom on 2004-02-14 06:21 [#01072798]
Points: 2916 Status: Lurker | Followup to zaphod: #01072429



i started a murakami thread ages ago, but no one really
wenrt for it.

i recommend 'hard-boiled wonderland & the end of the world'
as the best murakami i have read. don't want to say too much
about it.. just read it if you already like his work. i read
it in a couple of days, listening to 'finally we are no one'
by múm on loop. now the two are inseperable in my mind.

ive also read wind up bird - after the quake + the elephant
vanishes.
all 3 are very good - but the latter 2 are collections of
short stories.
'quake' is interesting as theyre all tied to a central theme
: the changes in he lives of several completely unrelated
people following a major earthquake in japan.

i love the poetry of murakami's work - or, at least, the
interpretations of his work.. sadly, i dont read japanese.


 

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