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I like Murakami's other works but this shit made no sense to me. Anyone else? Why is it considered his best?

>> No.14814974

Murakami fans don’t actually have any sense of taste or artistry, so they just abritrarily favour whichever is the quirkiest and most whimsical.

>> No.14815006

The flashback of the old veteran in Mongolia was kino.

>> No.14815491

read the better Murakami

>> No.14815494

>>14814974
Love Murakami but unironically this

>> No.14815503
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>>14814961
>I like Murakami's works

>> No.14815546

>>14815491
I already have. Coin Locker Babies was pure kino.

>> No.14815594

I loved Okada doing nothing around the suburbs of Tokyo, other characters telling their stories and the "other" world, but I hated the conclusion.
I disliked how Nutmeg and Cinnamon are there just to give him access to the house with the dry well and I still don't understand why La gazza ladra is so important to the story.

>> No.14815615

>>14814961
I can’t get into this guy at all I feel like everything I read of his has no meaning and it’s just done to be lol quirky and whimsical

>> No.14815908

>>14814961
Reading Killing Commandatore at the moment.
- Dude gets divorced by cold wife. Check.
- Moves to borrowed house in the mountains. Check.
- Someone wants to sit in a big fucking hole in the ground. Check.

What does he mean by this.

>> No.14815912

I don't remember much about this book, but that scene in the zoo was pure fucking kino.

>> No.14815931

>>14815908
Anything about a cat, people who are more interesting than the protagonist telling him their stories, references to western culture and long walks?

>> No.14815947

>>14815908
- Protagonist spends time at the bottom of a well
- Protagonist forms platonic friendship with a strange girl much younger than him
- Drives a shitty car
- Interacts with real/butalsonotreal character/creature
Personally I enjoy Murakami tropes, I read a lot of him when I was a teenager so reading his new stuff always gives me a nice hit of nostalgia.

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>>14814961
>>14815494
>>14815594
>>14815912
>>14815947
>>14815908
>reading Murakami

>> No.14815970

>>14815967
>fishing for (You)'s

>> No.14815974

>>14815970
>giving the guy a (You)

>> No.14815978

>>14815974
You can have one as well

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>>14815947

He certainly draws on similar themes and imagery throughout his work, but if you like (and I do) its comforting to know you pickup his new work and know exactly what you are getting. He doesn’t have much range, but he also doesn’t throw 'misses' the way someone like Pynchon does.

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>>14816787
>but if you like (and I do) its comforting to know you pickup his new work and know exactly what you are getting

>> No.14817469

>>14814961
hmm i thought it was the best one

>> No.14819052

kafka on the shore is his best work i have no clue what you're talking about

>> No.14819065

>>14819052
dude i agree but read the op carefully

>> No.14819257

>>14814961
It relates how Japan tried to save face in WW2 to everyday people masking their shamefulness.

>> No.14819652

>>14819052
You just assured me that none of his works is worth reading