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truth_onJune 22, 2021

I have read 1Q84, and yours is the only response so far that mentions this book. It was a fascinating book.

While "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki" is more anime-like, I found "Hard Boiled Wonderland" very full of (unpronounced) deep and profound thoughts.

I found "Sputnik Sweetheart" to be the most original work of art by him.

I am yet to read "Kafka on the Shore", "Wind Up Bird Chronicle", and some of the others.

richeyryanonJune 22, 2021

I've read a fair bit of Murakami and I think he's at his best when he's deep into the surrealist, magical realism stuff. South of the Border only really touches on that. Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World are books of his that I rather liked. I thought The Wind-up Bird Chronicle was a bit flabby but there is an excellent section of the story about Japanense soldiers in Manchuria during World War 2 that makes up for it. I know a lot of people that just don't really connect with his work though so there is that.
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