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Haruki Murakami

1Q84

1Q84

Full disclosure: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is one of my favorite books of all time, so all Murakami books are judged against it. This book, it seemed from the ...
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Kafka On the Shore

Kafka On the Shore

Fantastic realism I think they call it. Or mystic concretism. Maybe trippy groundedness? However you classify Murakami, this book certainly pushes the boundarie...
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Dance Dance Dance

Dance Dance Dance

Murakami is like the big dork's Raymond Carver. In fact, I'm a giant dork for just making that reference. While Carver is all domestic horror wrapped in stoic s...
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A Wild Sheep Chase

A Wild Sheep Chase

It's clear that this is the same man who wrote The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. The pervasive themes of isolation, loneliness and disenfranchisement in a weird world...
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I'm usually a little hesitant to read translated books. What if the author meant "that" and the translator went with "which?" It just can't be as good as it was...
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