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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
 Posted - 02/02/2005 : 08:51:27
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| Has anyone every read any of his work? I'm in the middle of "Hard Boiled Wonderland & The End Of the World", and I can't put it down. I wanna go home right now and keep reading it. It's weird and wonderfull, like a mash-up of Philip K. Dick, Tolkien, and something I can't put my finger on. Probably because it's Japanese. Any fans? |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2005 : 09:38:11
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I have had The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle for ages now, but still haven't gotten round to reading it.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2005 : 09:39:26
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I like some of his stuff, yes, but there is a certain creepy edge to it, like
Speedy's saying.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2005 : 14:47:57
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i think what you can't put your finger on is raymond chandler- the father of har-boiled detective stories.
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2005 : 15:03:30
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| I've never read any Chandler, perhaps that's why he eluded my finer. |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2005 : 15:35:01
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oooh, you'd probably like him! the big sleep, farewell, my lovely. it's all classic stuff. wonderful reads!
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 01:45:10
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Murakami is great.
'Norwegian Wood' is particularly great though 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'is supposed to be pretty great.
(Raymond Chandler is quite great too)
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edwina
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
179 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 02:27:04
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| Sputnik Sweetheart starts off brilliantly, but I dare anyone to make sense of the ending, which is baffling to say the least. |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 04:30:44
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The first one I read was the Windup Bird and I just lay on the couch until I was finished it (at the time I was living a life much like the main character), and devoured the rest pretty shortly afterwards (it was ages before I stopped consciously writing like him too). A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance are a pair from his early period and are worthwhile too.
Here´s a site with loads of Murakami interviews, short stories and even a a HTML file of his first novel from the seventies, called er Pinball 1973. Who loves you?
http://66.194.239.204/~exorcisi/index.htm
Re: Sputnik Sweetheart, read the part about the difference between a sign and a symbol again, Edwina. (Perhaps he cribbed it from Jung´s Man And His Symbols)
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 04:32:47
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After The Quake is great too, one of the stories, Honey Pie you can get online too.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 05:01:25
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I assume he was a big Beatles fan?
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edwina
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
179 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 05:04:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Newo
[Re: Sputnik Sweetheart, read the part about the difference between a sign and a symbol again, Edwina. (Perhaps he cribbed it from Jung´s Man And His Symbols)
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You know the man you hate? you look more like him every day.
Cool- thanks for the tip. I'll have a look, and hopefully solve that mystery. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 07:37:52
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So I definitely plan to get another Murakami book. Hard-Boiled.... is my first of his, so where do I go next?
And thanks for the Chandler tip Jose, I'll have to check him out too! |
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edwina
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
179 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 07:43:19
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| Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle to start with, I'd say. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 07:48:20
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| Please justify your answers in essay form. Provide references and complete bibliography. |
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edwina
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
179 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 07:50:17
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Lol- perhaps next time?
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 08:05:26
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| Oh, that's alright. "I'd say" is justification enough for me. :] |
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edwina
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
179 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 09:32:26
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| Too right- I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed. |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 11:47:35
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| Damn it! Lunch wasn't quite long enough for me to finish my Murakami fix. What's the etiquette on reading novels in your office? Faux pas? |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 12:00:27
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Read away!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2005 : 11:23:18
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| Finished! I was disapointed in the ending at first (I find I often am when I finish a book), but having thought about it for a while, I think it makes sense. Very bittersweet. Thoughts on the ending? (of Hard-Boiled Wonderland & The End Of the World). |
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Haruki Murakami
