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Haruki Murakami • Page 3
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boo 13,901 posts
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Slurmseh 2,848 posts
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Registered 14 years agoRead Wild Sheep Chase for college last year and enjoyed it. Haven't gotten round to reading his other stuff though. -
sirtacos 8,279 posts
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Goban 10,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agoecosse_011172 wrote:
One of my favourite authors. I'm slightly jealous, would love to be discovering all his books again.
I read Norwegian Wood the other week and it blew me away, wonderful stuff, Midori = best character ever.gif)
Just started The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and have ordered South of the Border, West of the Sun and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
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sagat 93 posts
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UncleLou wrote:
He's great.
I've got to admit though that I found Hard-bolied Wonderland a bit tedious. My favourite is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles.
I read that but I had no fucking idea what was going on.
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Bill-Gates-is-Evil 8,934 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI've only read After Dark-- great book. Incidentally its one of the few books where i was literally hooked because of the opening paragraph. It's the best paragraph in the book -
Metalfish 9,191 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThat sounds ever so slightly disappointing.
Although in a pure literary merit sense, the first few pages of The Picture of Dorian Gray soar much higher than anything that follows. -
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Stringer_Bell 194 posts
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Registered 12 years agoAm halfway through Kafka on the Shore and absolutely loving it. Nakata is unlike any character I have come across before. I do wish they published his books for the Kindle, however, as I much prefer using it to the quite frankly antiquated ink & paper 
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Just finished Norwegian wood, this afternoon in the glorious sunshine. Its my first Murakami novel, and i was really engrossed in it. His characters are so well drawn, the core of the characters are so well defined it makes the novel ultimately so more moving/engaging. The novel wouldn;t work without it. Also Rieko i hated at first, but i was so drawn to her by the end. A total change of views on her by introduction and by the end.
What did people think of the ending? I just re-read the first couple of pages, and that last paragraph, and i take it that he just got lost in life after everything that happened, went to work, man in grey suit, he was lost in life, and lived inside a swamp, and when he is lost, he doesn't phone Midori. He kind of uses quite a bit in the novel, and i think he doesn;t quite realise how much he actually likes her. He thinks about her, and the story and realises that she gave him all the life that his life had, gave it that meaning he was desperatly seeking, but losing Kiziuki, Naoko, and to some extent Reiko it took him sometime to recover. ... or something like that Open endings in books huh, hate them but love them -
boo 13,901 posts
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Stringer_Bell wrote:
Am halfway through Kafka on the Shore and absolutely loving it. Nakata is unlike any character I have come across before. I do wish they published his books for the Kindle, however, as I much prefer using it to the quite frankly antiquated ink & paper
What did you think of the second half? i loved the first, but the second half just stepped to far in pointers, iconography, and just general wtf, peicing the parts together.
Its really complex ending, that is so open to intepretation that asking 100 different readers would result in 100 completly different understanding of the novel.
I just figured it pratically a time travel love story combined with a story of growing up, or the soul can or will exist in different forms to wait to be healed, or put to rest. But the devices used, are a bit overwhelming. But hte first half is glorious, and a lot of fun.
Perferred Norwegian wood alot more, this isn't a bad book, theres a lot of fun to be had, but its too open.
Nakata is an amazing character, but don't fully understand his role in all of this. Considering he as such an important role regarding the stone, i don't understand why he has to open and shut it, and its relationship to the main story, is he just like a guardian for kafka to complete his story?
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sirtacos 8,279 posts
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Registered 14 years ago@Stringer Bell
His books are on Kindle. Most if not all of them.
So far, A Wild Sheep Chase and Kafka on the Shore are my favourites. Couldn't put either of them down. Still making my way through Norwegian Wood - it's a slow-burner for me.
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Just started 1Q84 today. It's....getting off to a fantastically odd start 
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JoelStinty 9,530 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMurikami is being a agony aunt for a month. English translation here.
https://mrmurakamisplace.wordpress.com
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JoelStinty 9,530 posts
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Registered 8 years agoHis first two novels - Wind and Pinball are being released next week if anyone ever wanted to read them. Hardback/kindle editions.
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wobbly_Bob 5,162 posts
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Registered 15 years ago@JoelStinty good call. Murakami is fantastic. I do most of my reading on a kindle so ideal. I might pick up one of those. I have only read Wind Up Bird Chronicle but that single book catapulted him to the top of favourite authors. -
StixxUK 8,755 posts
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Registered 19 years ago1Q84 is a bit long and doesn't stand up against his other books that I've read. Really liked Hard Boiled Wonderland though.
What do people generally rate as his best? Definitely want to read Norwegian Wood and I have Kafka on the shore sitting on my Kindle. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoStixxUK wrote:
I'm reading 1Q84 just a now, my faves are Kafka on the shore, Norwegian Wood and the Wind up Bird Chronicles
1Q84 is a bit long and doesn't stand up against his other books that I've read. Really liked Hard Boiled Wonderland though.
What do people generally rate as his best? Definitely want to read Norwegian Wood and I have Kafka on the shore sitting on my Kindle. -
wobbly_Bob 5,162 posts
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Registered 15 years agoStixxUK wrote:
That's a shame I had my eye on that one but it's massive size did put me off.
1Q84 is a bit long and doesn't stand up against his other books that I've read. Really liked Hard Boiled Wonderland though.
What do people generally rate as his best? Definitely want to read Norwegian Wood and I have Kafka on the shore sitting on my Kindle. -
It's not bad by any means I just think the story could have been told in half the number of pages!
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