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This is a very odd book and I enjoyed it despite its oddness, not because of it. I’m rather surprised by how much I liked it.
From the beginning I thought that it was peculiar but I was engaged from the beigining. Right from the start I enjoyed the writing style and cared about the characters.
This book is beautifully constructed and very well crafted.
In alternating chapters, the story follows two characters (Kafka and Nakata) seemingly on a collision course. The two intersecting stories that make ...more
From the beginning I thought that it was peculiar but I was engaged from the beigining. Right from the start I enjoyed the writing style and cared about the characters.
This book is beautifully constructed and very well crafted.
In alternating chapters, the story follows two characters (Kafka and Nakata) seemingly on a collision course. The two intersecting stories that make ...more
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OKAY, I'M DONE! Loved this book. So fresh and original. The translator must have done a wonderful job; the writing felt very natural. The personalities of the characters, the dialog, the descriptions, the plot, the ethical considerations and philosophical discussions, the suspense ... everything was fantastic. A true masterpiece of fiction.
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p. 122
"It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the pow ...more
OKAY, I'M DONE! Loved this book. So fresh and original. The translator must have done a wonderful job; the writing felt very natural. The personalities of the characters, the dialog, the descriptions, the plot, the ethical considerations and philosophical discussions, the suspense ... everything was fantastic. A true masterpiece of fiction.
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Here are some notes I wrote earlier as I was reading ...
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p. 122
"It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the pow ...more
Nov 19, 2019
Mandy
marked it as started-not-finished
There were too many irritating/disturbing/unnecessary plot points for me to continue, which is really sad since I normally love Murakami.
Loaded with allegory, or metaphor, or symbolism, or something, and good sort of in spite of it.
I won't pretend to always understand it, but I liked it.
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