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If you've not read any of Murakami's fiction and are interested, check out "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World". I think most HN readers would enjo

by everly 11y ago

If you've not read any of Murakami's fiction and are interested, check out "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World". I think most HN readers would enjoy it.

evjan 11y ago
I haven't read that particular one, but probably have it in a bookshelf somewhere. My wife is a big Murakami fan and I've read almost all of them. I will make that the next one on my fiction reading list, thanks! I particularly enjoyed A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance, whereas my wife loves Kafka on the Shore (which I didn't like). Funny that...
- evjan 11y ago
  Also, I finished 1Q84 recently. It took me 3 years, mainly because it was pretty dull and I read other stuff at the same time.
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Steko 11y ago
That's my favorite for sure, Wild Sheep Chase and short stories would be my next reccomendation.
adslcx 11y ago
That's also my favorite
puzzlingcaptcha 11y ago
NewYorker also has a bunch of enjoyable shorts available: http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/haruki-murakami http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/haruki-murakami
jordigh 11y ago
It took me close to three years to finish it. I would get distracted, put it down, and pick it up again much later, months later. The surrealness of the story reminds me a lot of other Japanese media that I never really fully understand. I chalked it up to the usual "the Japanese are truly mad" maxim, but after finishing the book, I suppose my opinion changed a little. The book is almost exclusively inspired by Western stories, music, and tropes. It has shades of Alice in Wonderland, cyberpunk, casual sexual themes, jazz and rock and roll. What makes the book look so foreign to me is that those stories are getting retold all mish-mashed together in a dream-like state with a dash of Japanese tropes. In the end I enjoyed it, but I don't think I really understood it, and I don't think I can explain why I enjoyed it. Can anyone explain it to me?
- jghn 11y ago
  You stated what I wanted to state much better than I ever could

by everly 11y ago

If you've not read any of Murakami's fiction and are interested, check out "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World". I think most HN readers would enjoy it.

evjan 11y ago

I haven't read that particular one, but probably have it in a bookshelf somewhere. My wife is a big Murakami fan and I've read almost all of them. I will make that the next one on my fiction reading list, thanks! I particularly enjoyed A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance, whereas my wife loves Kafka on the Shore (which I didn't like). Funny that...

evjan 11y ago
Also, I finished 1Q84 recently. It took me 3 years, mainly because it was pretty dull and I read other stuff at the same time.
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Steko 11y ago

That's my favorite for sure, Wild Sheep Chase and short stories would be my next reccomendation.

adslcx 11y ago

That's also my favorite

puzzlingcaptcha 11y ago

NewYorker also has a bunch of enjoyable shorts available: http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/haruki-murakami http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/haruki-murakami

jordigh 11y ago

It took me close to three years to finish it. I would get distracted, put it down, and pick it up again much later, months later. The surrealness of the story reminds me a lot of other Japanese media that I never really fully understand. I chalked it up to the usual "the Japanese are truly mad" maxim, but after finishing the book, I suppose my opinion changed a little. The book is almost exclusively inspired by Western stories, music, and tropes. It has shades of Alice in Wonderland, cyberpunk, casual sexual themes, jazz and rock and roll. What makes the book look so foreign to me is that those stories are getting retold all mish-mashed together in a dream-like state with a dash of Japanese tropes. In the end I enjoyed it, but I don't think I really understood it, and I don't think I can explain why I enjoyed it. Can anyone explain it to me?

jghn 11y ago
You stated what I wanted to state much better than I ever could