Felicity's review
After Dark (Vintage International)
by Haruki Murakami
Felicity's review
After Dark (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami
Felicity's review
rating:
bookshelves:
east-asia,
fiction,
grad-school,
gradprez,
magical-realism-slipstream
It's been a long time since I read something translated into English from such a different language. Even Bengali is closer than Japanese to my native tongue! It makes certain aspects of the book hard to judge: on the level of image, the author's will can still be discerned, but on the level of word and sound, there is a certain flatness. After I got used to that, and a certain bald declaratory style in some sections, I enjoyed the book very much. The dialogue, while often startlingly forthright to this reader, equally often sparkles. The sibling relationship -- one I'm quite interested in in fiction -- is intriguing and layered. The nocturnal Unity serves the story well, all the more so since it is a fast read. Some of the images, especially toward the end, are lovely.
