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Aug 07, 2011
mp
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Perfect example of beauty in simplicity!
Even after having read a bunch of novels by Murakami, I always find a new flavor in each of them. Sure they have some similar characters and recurring themes, but each of his novels does have a different note in its voice and a different mood.
Hear the Wind Sing again has a nameless narrator, quirky characters, off-the-wall dialogue, lots of beer, some music and some literature. His characters are the last people one would expect to More...
Even after having read a bunch of novels by Murakami, I always find a new flavor in each of them. Sure they have some similar characters and recurring themes, but each of his novels does have a different note in its voice and a different mood.
Hear the Wind Sing again has a nameless narrator, quirky characters, off-the-wall dialogue, lots of beer, some music and some literature. His characters are the last people one would expect to More...
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Jun 27, 2010
Abdyka
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Semalam saya bermimpi, mimpi tentang pelabuhan, botol-botol bir, seorang wanita dan tangan-tangan yang saling bergenggaman. bukankah ini tahap yang terindah dari seorang manusia? hidup, mencari jawaban atas dunia, berusaha hidup dalam sebuah arus namun tidak ingin hanyut didalamnya.
Dengarkanlah Nyanyian Angin itulah dia. buku tipis yang telah melengkapi minggu ini dengan sempurna, dia hangat bagai tegukan bir, penuh pengertian bagai seorang kekasih yang tidak banyak bicara, dan cukup More...
Dengarkanlah Nyanyian Angin itulah dia. buku tipis yang telah melengkapi minggu ini dengan sempurna, dia hangat bagai tegukan bir, penuh pengertian bagai seorang kekasih yang tidak banyak bicara, dan cukup More...
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Jan 19, 2012
Teresa
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In November this book traveled from Japan to New Orleans via my son and then traveled back to Japan with me the following month. I brought it because it's small and lightweight, easily fitting in my carry-on, so I could read it on the plane ride over.
If you already know HM's work, this first novella of his might seem lightweight in substance as well (though it is well-written) but you'll have the pleasure of recognizing many of the themes and motifs that will surface and grow in his More...
If you already know HM's work, this first novella of his might seem lightweight in substance as well (though it is well-written) but you'll have the pleasure of recognizing many of the themes and motifs that will surface and grow in his More...
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Nov 06, 2008
Amang
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"Dibanding alam semesta yang njelimet, dunia kita ini hanya seperti otak cacing." (Derek Heartfield)
Novel ini mengawali perkenalan yang sangat baik akan penulis yang dijuluki oleh Times sebagai penulis beken abad ini Haruki Murakami. Memang novelnya yang lain seperti Norwegian Wood (sudah diterbitkan oleh Penerbit KPG) dan Kafka On The Shore sudah cukup lama terbit di Indonesia. Tapi aku sendiri baru mengawalinya justru bukan dengan membaca novel kelima Haruki Murakami No More...
Novel ini mengawali perkenalan yang sangat baik akan penulis yang dijuluki oleh Times sebagai penulis beken abad ini Haruki Murakami. Memang novelnya yang lain seperti Norwegian Wood (sudah diterbitkan oleh Penerbit KPG) dan Kafka On The Shore sudah cukup lama terbit di Indonesia. Tapi aku sendiri baru mengawalinya justru bukan dengan membaca novel kelima Haruki Murakami No More...
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Dec 19, 2010
Harun Harahap
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”Tidak ada kalimat yang sempurna. Sama seperti tidak ada keputusaasaan yang sempurna.”
Kalimat di atas menjadi pembuka novel pertama karya Haruki Murakami. Dan novel pertama karyanya juga yang saya baca. Ketika membaca novel ini saya mengalami perasaan yang sama ketika membaca karya Orhan Pamuk. Kisahnya melompat-lompat secara tiba-tiba, baik dari sisi latar belakang tempat dan waktu hingga bahasan dari kisah itu sendiri. Sepertinya penulis langsung menuliskan apa yang sedang ada di k More...
Kalimat di atas menjadi pembuka novel pertama karya Haruki Murakami. Dan novel pertama karyanya juga yang saya baca. Ketika membaca novel ini saya mengalami perasaan yang sama ketika membaca karya Orhan Pamuk. Kisahnya melompat-lompat secara tiba-tiba, baik dari sisi latar belakang tempat dan waktu hingga bahasan dari kisah itu sendiri. Sepertinya penulis langsung menuliskan apa yang sedang ada di k More...
Dec 13, 2008
Hannah
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James found out that the only two Murakami books I haven't read are this one and Pinball, 1973. He got me this one and then, because the other is like rare and therefore expensive (these two earliest Murakami novels have been translated but not published here--only in Japan, I guess, by cute Kodansha) HE MADE ME A COPY OF PINBALL. That is right, he MADE me one. He got the text from some fan's website, printed everything out, COLLATED that shit or whatever, and then BOUND it.
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Nov 09, 2008
Maulana
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Dua hari lalu aku menemukan buku ini di rak depan TB Gramedia PIM-1. Pertama sekali tertarik dengan warna sampulnya, standar lah. Kedua, nama penulisnya.. Haruki Murakami. Ketiga, ketebalan bukunya dan ke-empat, harganya. Ke empat-empatnya masuk dalam kategori priority untuk kubeli. Buku dari penulis punya nama, tidak tebal dan murah pula. Jadilah, buku ini kutukar dengan uang Rp 35.000.
Belum sampai di rumah, ketika menunggu istri membeli sesuatu di perjalanan pulang aku mulai merob More...
Belum sampai di rumah, ketika menunggu istri membeli sesuatu di perjalanan pulang aku mulai merob More...
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Oct 12, 2011
Patrick
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I was surprised to see Haruki Murakami's Hear The Wind Sing at the bookstore it is his first novel that was published in English for English language learners by Kodansha in 1987, it was originally published in Japanese in 1979. I had assumed that it was out of print. It is a thin Japanese sized volume and only 128 pages plus Japanese translation notes. Incidentally, his second novel, Pinball 1973, is equally difficult to find.
This novel may have been the precursor to two of his othe More...
This novel may have been the precursor to two of his othe More...
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Jun 27, 2008
Yulia
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It's arrived(!), but . . . it's such a small thing. Who knew some books could still be placed in pockets after all, but of course this I'm taking precious care of, as if it were an inheritance.
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After having read this small piece, I'm puzzled why some consider it only a short story. It's a novella, no more or less. Still, I can understand why Murakami and his publishers are in no rush to republish this: it has the More...
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After having read this small piece, I'm puzzled why some consider it only a short story. It's a novella, no more or less. Still, I can understand why Murakami and his publishers are in no rush to republish this: it has the More...
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Jan 17, 2012
Cherr
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I wasn't quite sure what to think of this one. I was just extremely curious about his first novel. And as soon as I slide over to the eleventh page, every plot, every story and every single character comes back to mind. I remember the first Murakami novel I've read and the places I've been while reading it. I start to remember his style and recurring themes, his twisted scenarios and surreal settings. It hit me like routine. I should stop reading this now and go on looking for a book. This is a
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Mar 19, 2011
John
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I just finished reading this book a few days ago. In fact, I've finished it three times in the past couple of weeks.
Hear the Wind Sing is, alas, almost impossible to buy, unless your name is Rockefeller or Gates. My friend from Taiwan raved about it - a Chinese translation - saying it was way better than the author's new stuff (which I like). So I started out looking in libraries, then book stores, then finally Amazon. You can find the only published translation in English ther More...
Hear the Wind Sing is, alas, almost impossible to buy, unless your name is Rockefeller or Gates. My friend from Taiwan raved about it - a Chinese translation - saying it was way better than the author's new stuff (which I like). So I started out looking in libraries, then book stores, then finally Amazon. You can find the only published translation in English ther More...
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Feb 25, 2011
Riri
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Saya tidak ingin memaksa diri untuk mengerti bagaimana kisah ini. Kemudian, tak perlu juga mendesak keinginan untuk memahami bagaimana cerita ini bergulir dengan sederetan tokoh, alur, dan konflik yang ada di dalamnya. Hanya rasakan saja. Merasakan justru lebih baik untuk saya. Tidak harus bertanya mengapa tiba-tiba ceritanya begini, atau mengapa alurnya begitu. Saya hanya ingin merasakan apa yang terjadi, menyimak dengan seksama, dan mendengarkan dengan baik, karena “Aku” sebenarnya sedang ingi
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Feb 17, 2011
MB
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This morning on bus on the way to work I finished reading Haruki Murakami’s Hear the Wind Sing (1979, translated 1987). As far as I can tell this is his first book, and is the first in the “Trilogy of Rat” which also includes Pinball, 1973 (1980, translated 1985) and A Wild Sheep Chase (1982, translated 1989).
Hear the Wind Sing is a slight volume, about 125 pages of text in a smaller than mass market size paperback. It’s a first person narrative of just a few weeks in the life of an More...
Hear the Wind Sing is a slight volume, about 125 pages of text in a smaller than mass market size paperback. It’s a first person narrative of just a few weeks in the life of an More...
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Aug 13, 2009
Luke
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Murakami's first book, written over a period of months after he decided one day at the age of 30, while watching a baseball game, that he'd like to write a novel. Of course, he won a prize for Hear the Wind Sing, kept writing, and the rest is history.
This pocket-sized volume, only published in Japan (translated in a version for English language learners), is certainly less polished and ambitious than Murakami's later works, but it was still enjoyable to read (mostly in one sitting) a More...
This pocket-sized volume, only published in Japan (translated in a version for English language learners), is certainly less polished and ambitious than Murakami's later works, but it was still enjoyable to read (mostly in one sitting) a More...
Jan 22, 2012
Julia
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[First Reading Review: 1.0]
I've been wanting to give Haruki Murakami a try for about 5 years now, and I finally did.
I picked Hear the Wind Sing to be the first to read mostly because it's his first novel, and I'm really curious to explore his evolution as a writer after reading his later works.
First reading is never a conclusion for me, sometimes the first impression of a book turns out to be wrong. I always give a book another try, but after the first reading, here's More...
I've been wanting to give Haruki Murakami a try for about 5 years now, and I finally did.
I picked Hear the Wind Sing to be the first to read mostly because it's his first novel, and I'm really curious to explore his evolution as a writer after reading his later works.
First reading is never a conclusion for me, sometimes the first impression of a book turns out to be wrong. I always give a book another try, but after the first reading, here's More...
Sep 04, 2011
Vineeth
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It was one fine afternoon, while enjoying a game of baseball, that Marukami decided to he wanted to be writer and started work on his literary work. The work ended up in the form of the “Hear the Wind Sing”. In Japanese of course.
For some strange reason (which I believe strongly is related to brand marketing),English translation of this novel is not available outside the Japan.Partly due to the bibliomanical tendencies that has been coming in lately and partly due to the aim to have a More...
For some strange reason (which I believe strongly is related to brand marketing),English translation of this novel is not available outside the Japan.Partly due to the bibliomanical tendencies that has been coming in lately and partly due to the aim to have a More...
Jul 12, 2010
Nielam
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Ini novel Murakami kedua yang saya baca, setelah Norwegian Wood. Dan lagi-lagi saya suka. Ada sesuatu tentang para penulis Jepang yang saya suka, entah itu Yoshimoto atau Murakami (ya referensi saya memang belum banyak). Saya menyukai atmosfer 'kosong' yang ada di tulisan mereka.
Sejauh pengetahuan saya, yang masih minim itu, saya mendapati tokoh2 Murakami sangat 'manusia'. Mereka terasa nyata, karena mereka tidak sempurna. Bahkan tubuh mereka pun tidak kelewatan bagus,atau cantik,ata More...
Sejauh pengetahuan saya, yang masih minim itu, saya mendapati tokoh2 Murakami sangat 'manusia'. Mereka terasa nyata, karena mereka tidak sempurna. Bahkan tubuh mereka pun tidak kelewatan bagus,atau cantik,ata More...
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Mar 19, 2010
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tidak ada orang yang memiliki kekuatan yang jauh lebih besar daripada orang lain... semua orang sama, karena itu manusia yang menyadari hal itu lebih cepat harus berusaha lebih tangguh. sekedar pura-pura pun tidak apa... yang ada adalah manusia yang pura-pura tangguh.
begitulah, penulis jepang kebanyakan mengangkat tema sederhana tapi sungguh-sungguh nyata terjadi dalam lingkup masyarakat pada setting waktu kisah tersebut. masuk na nilai modern merombak nilai tradisi setempat...
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begitulah, penulis jepang kebanyakan mengangkat tema sederhana tapi sungguh-sungguh nyata terjadi dalam lingkup masyarakat pada setting waktu kisah tersebut. masuk na nilai modern merombak nilai tradisi setempat...
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Sep 24, 2011
Barry
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9/23 - This was alot better than I was expecting. The translation is clunky and jarring sometimes but a few passages have a great layer of poesy added to them because of it. However, there are a few times I couldn't tell who was who or what was going on, so I was more just biding my time for the next left-field moment to tickle my imagination. Sometimes it's like that with the Jay Rubin Murakamis too, so...
It as cool here to see so many early instances of his tropes/motifs (and not jus More...
It as cool here to see so many early instances of his tropes/motifs (and not jus More...
Mar 21, 2011
Elida
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Първата му книга изобщо, в която намирам Мураками необикновено открит и склонен да дава обяснения. Тук той разказва често в първо лице и сякаш води диалог с читателя, докато следващите му книги по-скоро водят читателя от един възел към друг. Разказва как и защо е започнал да пише, кой е бил неговото вдъхновение, както и се загатва причината за присъствието на някои от елементите, които се появяват по-късно във всичките му произведения.
Книгите на Мураками обикновено пораждат много пов More...
Книгите на Мураками обикновено пораждат много пов More...
Dec 03, 2009
Brian
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Civilization is transmission. When it comes to pass that things that should be expressed and transmitted get lost, civilization itself comes to an end. Click... Off.
I believe that the word should in Murakami's quote above from his book Hear the Wind Sing aka Happy Birthday and White Christmas makes this statement obviously subjective. And with that I question whether this book should have been written. Civilization would certainly have continued without it and indeed it did in the we More...
I believe that the word should in Murakami's quote above from his book Hear the Wind Sing aka Happy Birthday and White Christmas makes this statement obviously subjective. And with that I question whether this book should have been written. Civilization would certainly have continued without it and indeed it did in the we More...
Jan 18, 2011
Tze-Wen
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During summer break, the narrator hangs out with his friend the Rat at J’s Bar. Copious amounts of beer and liquor are consumed, while the Rat vents his disgust of rich people… and eventually turns to writing novels. The book continues at a slow speed, and as in Murakami’s other stories, there is a feeling of loss and little bit of nostalgia to be detected. The two young men aimlessly waste away their days and nights while summer lasts. Maybe this will change when the main character meets the gi
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Oct 18, 2010
Helvry
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Novel ini berjudul asli 風の歌を聴け (Kaze no uta o kike).
Bercerita tentang anak muda Jepang yang sedang mencari identitas diri. Tokoh utama "Aku" berusia 21 tahun, bersama temannya Nezumi seringkali membahas hal-hal yang menjadi pilihan hidup mereka. Tempat yang mereka pilih untuk berdiskusi adalah di bar. Tentu saja bersama rokok dan bir. Kegelisahan sahabatnya Nezumi yaitu karena ia kaya. Ada apa dengan kaya? bukankah itu suatu keuntungan? Nezumi memaknainya itu sebagai suatu ancama More...
Bercerita tentang anak muda Jepang yang sedang mencari identitas diri. Tokoh utama "Aku" berusia 21 tahun, bersama temannya Nezumi seringkali membahas hal-hal yang menjadi pilihan hidup mereka. Tempat yang mereka pilih untuk berdiskusi adalah di bar. Tentu saja bersama rokok dan bir. Kegelisahan sahabatnya Nezumi yaitu karena ia kaya. Ada apa dengan kaya? bukankah itu suatu keuntungan? Nezumi memaknainya itu sebagai suatu ancama More...
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Oct 26, 2010
Fredrik
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"Kaze No Uta O Kike"
Dengarlah Nyanyian Angin... begitu kata om Haruki Murakami.
Angin apa coba? Angin yang mana? Dan lagi, sejak kapan angin bernyanyi??
Bingung? Iya.
Tapi... begitu selesai membaca halaman terakhir buku ini, aku malah jadi tersadar.
Ternyata angin memang ada nyanyiannya. :)
Apa yang dibuat oleh si penulis ini mungkin seperti penyataan Derek Heartfield (penulis lain) yang dikutipnya dan kemudian diterjemahkan begini dalam buku:
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Dengarlah Nyanyian Angin... begitu kata om Haruki Murakami.
Angin apa coba? Angin yang mana? Dan lagi, sejak kapan angin bernyanyi??
Bingung? Iya.
Tapi... begitu selesai membaca halaman terakhir buku ini, aku malah jadi tersadar.
Ternyata angin memang ada nyanyiannya. :)
Apa yang dibuat oleh si penulis ini mungkin seperti penyataan Derek Heartfield (penulis lain) yang dikutipnya dan kemudian diterjemahkan begini dalam buku:
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Jan 16, 2010
Ardita
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The parents of my colleague were coming for a visit and they asked my colleague what would his friends would like to get as gifts. The rest of my colleagues just asked for snacks or whatever. The first thing that came into my mind: "Hear the Wind Sing". And yes, his parents were surprised.
"A colleague of yours is actually reading Murakami?" They took all the efforts to order it by mail to local publisher. What an effort, eh?
Apart from "Hear the Wi More...
"A colleague of yours is actually reading Murakami?" They took all the efforts to order it by mail to local publisher. What an effort, eh?
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Jan 07, 2011
Peter
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This book is short, very short. I finished it in about three very short reading sessions.
It is an enjoyable read. The narrator is an excellent character, and the reader learns just enough about him to build up a picture of him, but never so much that we would judge him particularly. He seems like an overall nice guy who is willing to take things as they come, and someone who is fascinated by people; the things they say, do, and think.
Having not read too much other Murakami (I More...
It is an enjoyable read. The narrator is an excellent character, and the reader learns just enough about him to build up a picture of him, but never so much that we would judge him particularly. He seems like an overall nice guy who is willing to take things as they come, and someone who is fascinated by people; the things they say, do, and think.
Having not read too much other Murakami (I More...
May 15, 2011
Jason
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This novella, printed pocketsized and marketed to teach English to Japanese, is surprisingly worth reading. It doesn't have the thread of the surreal that will come to dominate Murakami's fiction in his later novels, to the delight of readers, but it does have the sense of yearning, melancholy and loss. This novel, much like Norwegian Wood, is about a mid-thirties man thinking back to his college days. In it, he contemplates the women he's slept with (to horrendous effect) and has a strange roma
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Feb 22, 2010
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Quem já leu Haruki Murakami conhece bem o estilo deste autor - os seus romances surreais que envolvem o quotidiano japonês, um narrador masculino, personagens femininas misteriosas que desaparecem, gatos, música ocidental, refeições, reflexões acerca da escrita, a simplicidade da história contada numa linguagem acessível e ao mesmo tempo filosófica. Quem já leu Murakami conhece o estilo: Hear the Wind Sing é a sua primeira obra, e neste livro vê- More...
Quem já leu Haruki Murakami conhece bem o estilo deste autor - os seus romances surreais que envolvem o quotidiano japonês, um narrador masculino, personagens femininas misteriosas que desaparecem, gatos, música ocidental, refeições, reflexões acerca da escrita, a simplicidade da história contada numa linguagem acessível e ao mesmo tempo filosófica. Quem já leu Murakami conhece o estilo: Hear the Wind Sing é a sua primeira obra, e neste livro vê- More...
Sep 17, 2010
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Ahh...it's been a very long time since i've read my last Murakami's...
Well, overall, while it is not as good as Murakami's latter effort, such as Norwegian Wood, or his highly surreal "Wind Up Bird Chronicle", but still, this is Murakami. It is acceptable that the story in this book are pretty much simple and kinda loose, since this is his debut novel.
Everyone who read this book as his/her Murakami's experience might fully enjoyed it (that is, if he/she love his More...
Well, overall, while it is not as good as Murakami's latter effort, such as Norwegian Wood, or his highly surreal "Wind Up Bird Chronicle", but still, this is Murakami. It is acceptable that the story in this book are pretty much simple and kinda loose, since this is his debut novel.
Everyone who read this book as his/her Murakami's experience might fully enjoyed it (that is, if he/she love his More...
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Jul 23, 2010
msp
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I really wanted to get a copy of this book (as well as Pinball, 1973), especially because I knew it to be a part of the 'Trilogy of the Rat'. Despite wanting to get my hands on it, though, I didn't expect too much from Hear the Wind Sing. Supposedly, Murakami considers his first two novels rather weak. That’s why I was more excited to buy the book(s), than actually read them.
Now that I’ve read Hear the Wind Sing, I can say that I quite enjoyed the novel. Sure, it’s not my favourite M More...
Now that I’ve read Hear the Wind Sing, I can say that I quite enjoyed the novel. Sure, it’s not my favourite M More...
