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Is his works really great works of literature? My impression is that he is a popular author, but literary-wise, not really up there with the great ones, like Y
by powersnail 6y ago
Is his works really great works of literature?
My impression is that he is a popular author, but literary-wise, not really up there with the great ones, like Yasunari Kawabata.
- tsimionescu 6y agoI am very much a layman when it comes to literature, but I want to say that Kawabata's writing has an awe-inspiring quality to me - I've never been as engrossed reading stories that, if I were to summarize, would barely have any plot; and have felt so satisfied by the end, even when they usually stop before any major changes. You can definitely feel his mastery in the art of telling a story, not just the art of creating a story itself. I feel Murakami unfortunately lacks the former, even though he has taken with the latter.