Haruki Murakami

[fallen angels]

the movie version of Norwegian Wood comes out next month

Go get your Norwegian Wood tee at Uniqlo tomorrow:

http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2010/11/57098.html

[doctor_doom]

Has anyone read either after the quake or Underground? Are either of them any good?

[fallen angels]

yea they're both great. ATQ is fiction, Underground is not.

[doctor_doom]

Alright I was curious as the whether or not either of them were good because I had heard mixed things.. I didn't realize ATQ was fiction though? Is it a collection of short stories then I'm guessing?

[mrip]

http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/visit/harukis-world-through-gaijin-lens-737518

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Hahaha I didn't realise I had ever subscribed to this thread. I thought one of the ops had changed the title of the 'what are you reading today?' thread

[Yardsale]

http://www.youmightfindyourself.com/tagged/murakami

murakami-related stuff i've collected

[redX]

Has anyone read either after the quake or Underground? Are either of them any good?

i found underground to be seriously fascinating. probably just because it's non fiction and it kinda reads like a bunch of short stories that are somehow tied together but so different it never gets boring

[alimenator]

read "Dance, Dance, Dance" a while back and I found I really enjoyed it

[sybaritical]

Haruki Murakami is the new Philip.K.Dick

[wrong_move]

anyone read 1Q84 yet? can't read Japanese so I'm looking forward to the English publication next year.

[doctor_doom]

anyone read 1Q84 yet? can't read Japanese so I'm looking forward to the English publication next year.

Didn't realize that came out next year, really excited though to read it. I really like the premise and it sounds like it should be pretty damn good.

[jizzimmy]

Just saw that Jonny Greenwood is scoring Norwegian Wood. Getting more and more hyped for this.

[enatoka]

good thread. i instantly fell for murakami's novels after reading norwegian wood, almost done with the wind-up bird chronicles. anyone have a suggestion as to what book to read next?

[fallen angels]

Do you like the "realistic" storytelling style of Norwegian Wood, or do you like the powerful existential ideas of Wind-up Bird?

existential: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World

realistic: South of the Border West of the Sun

both are great. Hardboiled is one hell of a ride, builds up slowly then it grabs u by the balls and doesnt let go until the end. South of the Border is more tame, but deals more with real human emotion (i guess its something lot of people might be able to relate to). Hardboiled is my favorite HM work, but South of the Border is probably the HM novel i've read the most number of times.

this is just my opinion, but i say save Kafka on the Shore until after you've read a few of the more imaginative novels like Dance dance dance, or Wild sheep chase, etc

now i feel like re-reading all the murakami books again for the Nth time

[bchhun]

I'd go for either Hardboiled Wonderland or a Wild Sheep Chase. I definitely enjoyed the latter a bit more; though I haven't had the chance to reread Hardboiled.

[revoked]

Do you like the "realistic" storytelling style of Norwegian Wood, or do you like the powerful existential ideas of Wind-up Bird?

existential: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World

realistic: South of the Border West of the Sun

both are great. Hardboiled is one hell of a ride, builds up slowly then it grabs u by the balls and doesnt let go until the end. South of the Border is more tame, but deals more with real human emotion (i guess its something lot of people might be able to relate to). Hardboiled is my favorite HM work, but South of the Border is probably the HM novel i've read the most number of times.

this is just my opinion, but i say save Kafka on the Shore until after you've read a few of the more imaginative novels like Dance dance dance, or Wild sheep chase, etc

now i feel like re-reading all the murakami books again for the Nth time

Just started South of the Border West of the Sun, and feel like I'll be done with it soon. The only other Murakami book I've read is Norwegian Wood. Any more recommendations for "realistic" storytelling novels by him to move onto next? Sadder the better... ha

[FADEtoDARKNESS]

Hey revoked

I nearly sent you dance dance dance. Thats my favorite one. Not so sad.

Fuck this is my 1000 post.

[fallen angels]

Just started South of the Border West of the Sun, and feel like I'll be done with it soon. The only other Murakami book I've read is Norwegian Wood. Any more recommendations for "realistic" storytelling novels by him to move onto next? Sadder the better... ha

Pinball 1973. essential murakami reading

[into the rain]

i recommended hardboiled wonderland to a friend of mine. he stopped reading after like 80 pages. i feel like ive ruined murakami for him. although that was my first murakami book and loved it.

[enatoka]

thanks for the suggestions. i picked up sputnik sweetheart and after dark. i'd say both share a common ground regarding the boy and girl aspect murakami's books seem to always have. actually wanted to read underground but bookstores didn't have it. i'll try to read that one after sptunik sweetheart. such great stuff.

[fallen angels]

cant wait for the US release of the Norwegian Wood film

i'm going to spend this weekend reading Alfred Birnbaum's translation, drinking whiskey, cooking spagetti, and smoking japanese cigarettes.

[lenn]

waiting for the norwegian wood movie to drop on the 6th of jan 2011 in my town... pretty anxious in the mean time, my collection.. mostly dutch btw

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

waiting for the norwegian wood movie to drop on the 6th of jan 2011 in my town... pretty anxious in the mean time, my collection.. mostly dutch btw

Why is it that 1q84 is in norwegian before english? Global language, my ass.

Also, before I moved across the nation for school, I gave away my entire Murakami collection to a friend of mine. I basically called her up, and asked "You like Murakami right? I'll be right over.", then dropped every book ever produced by or on Murakami, including translator notes, and Murakami's book on running.

I think I made her year.

[xerrox]

Why is it that 1q84 is in norwegian before english? Global language, my ass.

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Most books are translated for European markets first. France is a huge literary center and a lot of "global literature" is first translated into French before ever being considered for English translation. A lot of English releases are translations of French translations.

I don't think that's really the case for Murakami what with Birnbaum and Rubin, but that's how it is in general.

[cJajce]

just finished wind up bird and i feel like i need to venture down a dry well and think about/process what i just read.

[into the rain]

you should also probably think about the fact it was an ABRIDGED book.

[bchhun]

I'm curious what the unabridged version looks like, because I found Wind-Up to be a bit too drawn out already. Given, I read it a year ago, but from what I recall the well motif seemed too forced?

[american_hearts]

Q. Why isn't there sufficient interest in someone like Paul Auster to merit his own thread, when he writes about the same subject matter (that is to say, the clash of mundane/metaphysical), in the same manner (that is to say, frustratingly navel-gazing and lacking resolution due to he hadn't planned it out too well right from the get-go), works from the same influences (namely raymond carver, dimestore noir chapter-books), at the same level (that is to say, not particularly high).

A. Murakami is from Japan and Auster is from Jersey.

[Yardsale]

MIJ wins again suckers.