Haruki Murakami

[shibire]

Oh and check out the above link for articles and some other translated short stories.

Also there's a bunch of articles about Murakami in some academic databases such as Academic Search Premier and some others.

[lakebottom]

Susuki grass


Abyssinian


Azalea


Sizzle of hamburgers


Canna

[kingka]

awwwww... everyone forgot about my murakami haruki thead Y_Y;;;

[nagasawa]

awwwww... everyone forgot about my murakami haruki thead Y_Y;;;

kingka, I do remember that Murakami thread...that was some time ago. I'll have to reread it.

lakebottom, that's a good pictorial representation of some Murakami subjects. Lot's of references to pampas grass, mouth-watering hamburger steaks (I like mine with some shredded daikon and green onion!), and cats of course.

i have all his other stuff tho...just softcover..not a damned handsome collection like nagasawa...

Thanks Randall!

[ja.net]

Originally posted by kingka
awwwww... everyone forgot about my murakami haruki thead Y_Y;;;

I didn't forget! There were a couple of other threads, actually, but they were all in other fora, and I thought this one could use a general thread for his stuff.

[Charlie]

Question: I bought Dance, Dance, Dance NOT knowing that it was a sequal to A Wild Sheep Chase . I haven't read both yet. Can I read Dance, Dance, Dance first without having read A Wild Sheep Chase or is it something that must be read in sequence for me to understand?

[randall fairbrook]

dance dance dance sucked, regardless of sequence

[ja.net]

I think in sequence is better, but his books are more something you experience than something you understand, so I don't think it'll be too bad if you read them out of order.

[mala in se]

Originally posted by nagasawa
Please permit me to shamelessly plug my Murakami collection. It's hard to see everything since I'm doubled up on the top shelf, but I've been collecting his work since I first read Wild Sheep Chase in 1989.

wow, finally a collection that rivals my kerouac collection.

i jumped on the murakami bandwagon after i read the wind-up bird chronicle but can't say anythin' after that impressed me.

[mala in se]

Originally posted by shibire


I see the other Murakami in your stash.

ryu? i don't see it.

few books have ever made me feel so dirty after readin'. almost transparent blue is one of 'em.

[yamchild]

Originally posted by randall fairbrook
dance dance dance sucked, regardless of sequence

cabbagechild: dance dance dance is my favorite murakami book
randall: *makes wanking motion*
cabbagechild: fuck you
randall: fuck YOU
randall: go back to fronce

[yamchild]

i've only read dance dance dance and sputnik sweetheart so far. sputnik sweetheart is very adorable. dance dance dance is pretty cool, but really dragged in certain parts.

[shibire]

Originally posted by mala in se


ryu? i don't see it.

It's Coin Locker Babies on the second row on the right, right next to Shimada's Dream Messenger.

[shibire]

I think reading Wild Sheep Chase before Dance, Dance, Dance makes you anticipate the later more. For me, my fav is still Hardboiled. Gotta love the librarian named Kiki and the melon fragrance wearing girl.

For me Murakami's earlier works are more appealing than his later, but perhaps that's because I read them when I was more impressionable.

[shibire]

Anyone read Miyuki Miyabe's All She Was Worth?