tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220587502962539908.post541854481049344679..comments2023-07-08T06:27:15.163-07:00Comments on The Excerpt Reader: Excerpt: Haruki Murakami's 1Q84A-Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16627288803415842462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220587502962539908.post-22631224329937894752010-09-10T14:26:03.124-07:002010-09-10T14:26:03.124-07:00Thanks for the comment on my old site. My new site...Thanks for the comment on my old site. My new site is here: http://howtojaponese.com/<br /><br />I read all of 1Q84 in Japanese and reviewed it here: http://neojaponisme.com/2009/07/28/loss-and-recovery-1q84-and-murakamis-sunken-continent/<br /><br />My review of Book 3 is here:<br />http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fb20100815a1.htmlDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15351484476872146751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220587502962539908.post-12092464887588221062010-08-25T23:38:21.551-07:002010-08-25T23:38:21.551-07:00I will keep 'reading-Kafka-as-a-must' in m...I will keep 'reading-Kafka-as-a-must' in mind..<br />Tx LeeA-Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627288803415842462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220587502962539908.post-80308747978184340022010-08-19T09:31:18.859-07:002010-08-19T09:31:18.859-07:00the wind-up bird isn't exactly sci-fi... It...the wind-up bird isn't exactly sci-fi... It's Murakami, not in any familiar genre but his own. Do read Kafka, it's so beautiful! leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373693362801940660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220587502962539908.post-37617226392619589262010-08-19T08:48:48.954-07:002010-08-19T08:48:48.954-07:00Haven't read Kafka on the Shore, no.
I've...Haven't read Kafka on the Shore, no.<br /><br />I've only Read Norwegian Wood (and then, maybe only due to the Beatlesian title) and Murakami's 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running' (wrote about it, amongst other things here - http://a-2da-z.blogspot.com/2009/12/zone-of-ones-own_1146.html)<br /><br />As for the Oulipians liking this novel, I think they would have because of the plot-within-a-plot and alternative reality schticks.<br />Though Murakami has been toying with the SCI-FI lately ('The Wind-Up Bird')A-Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627288803415842462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4220587502962539908.post-49082825495852595612010-08-18T19:30:01.846-07:002010-08-18T19:30:01.846-07:00It sounds so very Murakami-esque! Why would the Ou...It sounds so very Murakami-esque! Why would the Oulipians like it?<br />I wonder if I'll ever fall in love with a Murakami (or any other) novel as much as I did with "Kafka on the Shore". Have you read it? leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373693362801940660noreply@blogger.com