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Post by B. on Mar 21, 2021 1:41:10 GMT -5
Let's bring some life back to this section.
I've recently got into reading Haruki Murakami. Currently I've only been reading/have read his short story collections and I've also read 'what I talk about when I talk about running.' which of his novels is best to start with? I like his stories which build suspense and have strange characters in them but not necessarily too much magic or supernatural stuff.
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Post by B. on Mar 21, 2021 4:13:01 GMT -5
FS I meant to put this in LLiterature.
Those with admin powers please do ur thing
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 21, 2021 15:36:16 GMT -5
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Mar 21, 2021 16:49:29 GMT -5
Like Bee, I've only read his short stories (The Elephant Vanishes), which I really liked, and have also been intimidated by the volume of his more well-known novels so far. I have a used copy of Kafka By the Shore, which I guess at one point I wanted to tackle first, but I've also thought about starting with The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Suffice to say, it's still probably going to be a while before I get around to it, but I'm keeping an eye on this thread as well.
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Post by Reba on Mar 21, 2021 17:26:19 GMT -5
i tried/pretended to like murakami as a teenager mostly because daniel handler likes him so much, but no, the dude is absolute garbage and you should never read him.
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Post by counto on Mar 27, 2021 18:18:09 GMT -5
That's quite interesting because there's a character in ASOUE named Haruki Murakami (after the author) in the book series mentioned in ATWQ and Hostile Hospital as a patient
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Post by B. on Dec 16, 2021 1:53:03 GMT -5
Like Bee, I've only read his short stories (The Elephant Vanishes), which I really liked, and have also been intimidated by the volume of his more well-known novels so far. I have a used copy of Kafka By the Shore, which I guess at one point I wanted to tackle first, but I've also thought about starting with The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Suffice to say, it's still probably going to be a while before I get around to it, but I'm keeping an eye on this thread as well. Did you ever get round to this, Terry? I've since read South of the Border West of the Sun and Norwegian Wood, and I now want to read one of his works with more fantastical/magical elements.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Dec 16, 2021 8:01:16 GMT -5
Nah. An acquaintance recently recommended HM's rather recent "Killing Commendatore" (2017) and the subject matter intrigued me, but ffs 700 pages?? I really have too short of an attention span for long-ass novels. How did ya like "Norwegian Wood"? How did it compare to "South of the Border..."? Those two defo seem of manageable length.
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Post by B. on Dec 16, 2021 9:18:30 GMT -5
Nah. An acquaintance recently recommended HM's rather recent "Killing Commendatore" (2017) and the subject matter intrigued me, but ffs 700 pages?? I really have too short of an attention span for long-ass novels. How did ya like "Norwegian Wood"? How did it compare to "South of the Border..."? Those two defo seem of manageable length. I liked both of them- South of the Border is really short, I read it on the train to and from Anka and MisterM's wedding back in October. Norwegian Wood took a little longer (a week and a half for me, but I didn't read it every day). Both of them are quite simple stories at their core (there's not really any magical realism elements), but I find something about Murakami's style really spell-binding, and I got pretty drawn into both novels. I slightly recommend Norwegian Wood more, only because it's really popular. I actually found a copy of Kafka on the Shore in my local library earlier this morning, so I'll probably read it over Christmas.
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