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Have you read the rest of his works yet? The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a masterpiece in a similar tone to Hard-boiled Wonderland (but less cyberpunk)
by chychiu 8y ago
Have you read the rest of his works yet? The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a masterpiece in a similar tone to Hard-boiled Wonderland (but less cyberpunk)
- matt_the_bass 8y agoI would recommend 1Q84. It has the same bizarreness but not cyberpunky.
- bopbop 8y agoI'd say the Wind Up Bird Chronicles is a lot closer to the Hard Boiled Wonderland. 1Q84, while it has an excellent rendition of a cult member, is a simpler story, and has a tendency to repeat itself quite a bit. I don't know if this was because it was originally printed as two books or not, that might just be a UK thing. The Wind up Bird Chronicles starts on this relatively intriguing but normal sounding premise (a mans wife doesn't come home one day, and he finds a receipt for a dry cleaners in her pocket) and then just starts to go nuts, but with each fantastical step being laid on in a coherent enough fashion to take you along with it. Of course, all of this is just opinion. I'd also recommend his book of short stories - I think it's "The Elephant Vanishes". They are some with really excellent premises. In terms of other authors, maybe try Borge and A Universal History of Infamy. I think it has a similar level of fantastical whimsy and excellent language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Universal_History_of_Infamy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Universal_History_of_Infamy
- Ftuuky 8y agoThanks for the recommendations, I'm a huge fan of Borges. However, 'The Wind Up Bird Chronicles' didn't fascinated me and it was somewhat a chore to finish it.
- bopbop 8y agoAh, shame! I haven't read it in several years. I have not found anything better then Borges. Actually, it's kind of annoying because somehow reading Borges appears to have become synonymous with pretentiousness, at least to my friends, and my earnest appeals to others to read his magnificent fiction have been poorly received. But he really is so damn good! Let me know if there's anything you'd recommend.
- Ftuuky 8y agoI've read 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' and 'Kafka on the Shore' but I didn't liked them as much as 'Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'. I also have '1Q84' in my queue, maybe I'll give it a try.