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- Weird, literary fiction translated from Japanese
- Possession by an evil entity, possibly representing ambition or toxic masculinity
- A conflicted, unnamed main character
- Magical realism & an offbeat sense of humor
- More sheep info than you’ve ever heard in your life
This is another of Murakami’s early novels, written in the 1980’s, and it’s the third book in The Rat series. The story follows the same unnamed narrator as in the other books in the series. He becomes w ...more
- Weird, literary fiction translated from Japanese
- Possession by an evil entity, possibly representing ambition or toxic masculinity
- A conflicted, unnamed main character
- Magical realism & an offbeat sense of humor
- More sheep info than you’ve ever heard in your life
This is another of Murakami’s early novels, written in the 1980’s, and it’s the third book in The Rat series. The story follows the same unnamed narrator as in the other books in the series. He becomes w ...more
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Jan 25, 2019
Andrea James
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Holly
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