Archimboldi's comments (member since Apr 09, 2009)

Archimboldi's comments from the Murakami fans group.

Indeed you can, the music was created by Jefferson Rabb.

Ana Maria wrote: "My first HM book was "Sputnik Sweetheart"... At first, I found it somehow dull, but as i was reading it, it reminded me of Mulholland Drive (a David Lynch movie you have probably seen) so i made a ..."

I can see a few parallels between Murakami's writing and Lynch's work too; the Sheep Man from AWSC seems to me very Lynch-esque.

I lost my Murakami virginity to The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and to this day it still remains my favourite book of all time.

Roberto Bolano has been compared to Murakami a fair few times. I can't see the comparison myself, however.

Kafka on the Shore, while I didn't entirely dislike it (in fact I enjoyed it quite a bit in some places), left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. It seemed a bit too ambitious, trying to clutch a few too many concepts plus Kafka didn't really strike me as likeable. That said it wasn't too bad of a read plus I'm sure I'm missing something in the text and will re-read it at some point.