Haruki Murakami

[Guest]

Has anyone read Haruki Murakami's books on here? He's on the list of my favourite authors. I see Murakami and I buy. 

I have the following books of his- 

1. Wind/Pinball

2. A Wild Sheep Chase 

3. Dance, Dance, Dance 

4. Kafka on the Shore

5.Sputnik Sweetheart 

6. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

7. Norwegian Wood 

Of these I have read- Kafka on the Shore, Wind/Pinball, A Wild Sheep Chase, Dance, Dance, Dance, Sputnik Sweetheart 

His books are simply amazing. I love his writing and the magical realism

 

[Szeth's Facepalm]

Never heard of him, but maybe i'll check him out!

Edit

Spoiler

erm i looked up content warnings for Kafka on the Shore and erm i believe i shall wait a bit to read. but i will keep him on my list for when i am older :)

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by Szeth's Facepalm

[Guest]

Um yeah 

: D 

I loved Kafka on the Shore but I can definitley see how it might come off to an outsider 

For the people wondering what this is about- 

Kafka on the Shore is about 15 year old Kafka Tamura who runs away from home because his father has proshesized that....Kafka will be like Oedipus

And theres a lot of other...stuff too 

: D 

[Elegy he/him]

One of the most messed up writer's I've read for sure ha ha. Not sure he's to the taste of many Sanderson fans due to the surreal, explicitly illogical, and also often pretty sexual nature of his books - combine that with the fact that his huge selling point is his prose and never the story, exactly the opposite of Sanderson. I guess both have a very vivid imagination, but they certainly go very different places with it 

Anyway, I really like his writing, there's an ease and fluidity to his prose that I find unique. My favorite is Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, one of my favorite books ever and perhaps the least explicit book of his I've read. Just be warned that it doesn't have a conclusion to its story in a conventional sense.

Kafka On the Shore was fascinating, maybe a step or two too far in some places. But reading it was definitely an experience. And as a huge Franz Kafka fan, the allusions were interesting to see as well.

Overall, I'd put him in my top 10, but not in my top 5 of favorite authors.

[Guest]

Oooh I havent read that one yet! Ill put it on the list 

Yeah I do get how there may not be much intersection between Sanderson fans and Murakami fans : D 

I love his writing too! it feels like a fever dream almost, at times. And I love that. And the quotes are simply beautiful 

I agree with you about Kafka on the Shore, but I think its nice to see an author challenge the boundaries of whats accepted and not

[+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine he/him]

He's great, you should checkout Hardboiled Wonderland/End of the World, and if you can stomach some pretty grim scenes The Wind Up Bird Chronicle is also very good (but oh, so very dark too).