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| Discussion: Haruki Murakami Pages: 1 2 I got his newest book, After Dark in limited edition. Apparently there are only 800 copies in this edition.*smug* >>By Flagg I am finished after the quake, and the stories were terrific, after reading "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo," I'd say this was among the best, then I read "Honey Pie" and it got me all emotional and all. Just wonderful. He can writes simple things yet still srikes a cord iside you. >>By jeeper Yes, those are my two favourite stories in there. I don't know how he does it. I expect the translators deserve some credit too. I'm now reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and it's not disappointing me so far. I'm glad it's so long, I like to stay in Murakami's world for as long as I can. >>By Flagg murakami is a great writer. I always wonder if the flaws or "stange things" we see in his writings are our own insufficiencies. I would suppose most people commenting on this site are anglos (though I did see something from indonesia!)-and maybe our understanding or lack thereof stems from these cultural differences. And yet what makes murakami's work stand out is its "pop" mentality, its westernization. also-I don't know if you could call his style "magical realism" (to be honest I am not intimate with this heading's true definition)-but isn't strange that to me it seems so and many foreign authors (barring the russians) whose names are widely recognized and lauded including gabriel garcia marquez,salmon rushdie, milan kundera have that same quality- if anyone wants to discuss this or direct me towards other writers I would appreciate it! ty >>By iwishiwereabondgirl I read very few translated books actually, so I don't know if it's a general thing when reading something that started in another language. I agree the "flaws" in Murakami's style - and there are some - can only be because of cultural differences and things getting lost in translation. I finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. It was if anything even more surreal than the others I've read by him. In fact it reminded me of a David Lynch film a lot of the time. Anyway while I was reading it I kept noticing little flaws or things I didn't like, and I thought I wasn't enjoying it as much as I have his others, but once I finished it I realised just how deeply satisfying it was. I immediately wished it was still going on. The man is a humble genius. >>By Flagg You are not logged in. To access all functionality, you can log in via Flork. Flork is a worldwide community of people who are interested in music, movies and books. As a Flork-User, you can participate in this and other discussions, meet new people and exchange messages with other members directly: www.flork.com |