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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami

Series: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド (下), 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド (上)

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AHS-Wolfy in Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 36 (Dec 21, 2009, 6:24pm)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Read earlier this month.

lycomayflower in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lycomayflower's 2009 challenge thread part 2 (Dec 16, 2009, 1:10pm)

61.) Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami **** I'm not sure yet what to say about this except that I really liked it. If I had to label it, I suppose I'd call it postmodern urban fantasy. The prose is first-rate, and the pieces of the narrative fit together ...

jnwelch in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 10 Favorite Books (Dec 12, 2009, 10:36am)

Sure is nice to see Middlemarch and Persuasion (to me much better than Emma) and Hardboiled Wonderland, in particular, on a top 10 list, Medellia. riverrust, 30 years correspondence with Lloyd Alexander?! How cool is that?!

AHS-Wolfy in Alphabet Challenges : Wolfy's learning his ABC's (Dec 12, 2009, 7:57am)

Authors M - Haruki Murakami - Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World My second visit to his novels which didn't quite live up to the expectation generated by the first. Not to say that I didn't enjoy this one, I did, but not quite as much as when I read Kafka on the Shore. This ...

AHS-Wolfy in Book talk : A Silly Book Game - Part 15 (Dec 9, 2009, 1:09pm)

"My compliments to the chef," she said. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami "Do you want to leave here?" she asks again.

AHS-Wolfy in Book talk : A Silly Book Game - Part 15 (Dec 8, 2009, 12:35pm)

"An exaggeration, I'm sure." Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami "Are you well endowed?"

AHS-Wolfy in Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? December 2009 (Dec 8, 2009, 12:29pm)

Somewhere strange in Tokyo and somewhere else even stranger. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami.

moneybeets in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 10 Favorite Books (Dec 7, 2009, 3:40pm)

... be my favorite, and the book against which all future contenders will be judged) 2. I, Claudius, Robert Graves 3. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami (The weirdest and best Murakami.) 4. The Secret History, Donna Tartt 5. Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann (my ...

chamberk in Literary Snobs : What are you reading NOW November 09? (Nov 9, 2009, 4:04pm)

... at least when he's doing his weird dream-logic thing. The only book of his with a really satisfying ending, to me, is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

Wntrmute in 50 Book Challenge : Wntrmute 50 for 2009 (Oct 19, 2009, 6:07pm)

Book 24: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami) - 400 pages. I'd been recommended this as the 'least weird' of Murakami's works, but as his writing style appealed I'm tempted to try some more and see how weird it gets!

Medellia in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s) (Oct 9, 2009, 3:06pm)

... no one in academia should be spared) The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Plowing the Dark - Richard Powers Hardboiled-Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami If On a Winter's Night a Traveler - Calvino The Famished Road - Ben Okri

AHS-Wolfy in Alphabet Challenges : Wolfy's learning his ABC's (Aug 27, 2009, 7:23am)

... in a Boat K. Simon Kernick - The Business of Dying L. Elmore Leonard - Rum Punch M. Haruki Murakami - Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World N. Kem Nunn - Tapping the Source O p Q R S T U V W X Y Z

lohengrin in FantasyFans : Barely fantasy recommendations (Aug 19, 2009, 6:53pm)

... Master and Margarita enthusiastically enough. *_* Also, maybe try Veronica? Or many of Haruki Murakami's books, like Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

kineocarr in BookMooching : Pimp Your Inventory - July 2009 (Jul 25, 2009, 2:05pm)

... in the original? Of course you do! I've listed the Japanese editions of the following: A Wild Sheep Chase (2 volumes) The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Vol 1 only) Also, two quirky and relatively unknown Murakami books that I don't think have been translated into Engli ...

thekoolaidmom in What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home, May 2009 part 2 (May 28, 2009, 6:21pm)

... all my Austen books before reading. From a Canook BookMoocher: Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz and from PBS Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Kafka on the Shore stays ever close to the top of Mt. TBR, but I've never picked it up yet. SO MA ...

TonyH in Club Read 2009 : TonyH - 2009 preoccupations (May 5, 2009, 11:06am)

... reading. When I write a good story, I just keep writing." (source wikipedia (yes, I know.)) So, my next will be Hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world - maybe in six months, feel like trying it now but must persist with others -- must finish sentimental education before I ...

jbeast in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Piyush's bid - Chapter II (Apr 7, 2009, 9:45am)

... last year. Still think my favourite is Norwegian Wood, which is pretty much based in reality. I much prefer this to Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, which is very much way out there. I would definitely recommend after the quake - there are some great storeies in there. ...

YagamiLight in 50 Book Challenge : YagamiLight's 50 Book Challenge 2009 (Mar 11, 2009, 1:09pm)

... by Salustio 07. Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen by Franz Kafka 08. The Time Machine by H. G. H. G. Wells 09. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the end of the world by Haruki Murakami 10. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 11. Death Note 12: Bd 12 by Tsugumi Ohba 12. The Crowd: ...

dbrouwer in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Mar 5, 2009, 8:47am)

... go. I fell for Murakami. So, best book would almost certainly have to be A Wild Sheep Chase. But recently I finished Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It took me a while to get into this book, but I think this ranks on top, just bearly ahead of A Wild Sheep Chase. Worst ...

MissTeacher in Book talk : There's a Time and a Place for Everything (Mar 4, 2009, 4:53pm)

... Here to Eternity after leaving Schofield Barracks, bringing my boyfriend back from Afghanistan. I would like to read Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World in Tokyo. And Journey to the West on top of a misty bamboo-covered hill in Yangshuo.

MissTeacher in What Are You Reading Now? : Most Intriguing Titles (Feb 11, 2009, 7:45pm)

How about degenerating eyes? At least it's not just me... How about Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami? That title is the reason I took World Lit in college.

sarahbird in Book Nudgers : Nudge Sarahbird's Next 999 Book! (Feb 4, 2009, 6:23pm)

... of the Day - 14 nudges Tess of the D'Ubervilles - 9 nudges Howard's End - 4 nudges Omnivore's Dilemma - 3 nudges Hard-boiled Wonderland - 2 nudges Jamaica Inn - 2 nudges Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - 2 nudges As Meat Loves Salt - 2 nudges + 1 denudge = 1 nudge L ...

wandering_star in Book Nudgers : Nudge Sarahbird's Next 999 Book! (Feb 4, 2009, 4:53pm)

The hardboiled wonderland!

sarahbird in Book Nudgers : Nudge Sarahbird's Next 999 Book! (Jan 29, 2009, 11:40pm)

... you can't read the titles, they are: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Howards End by E.M. Forster Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy Julie and Julia by Julie Pow ...

clong in SFFWorld : I Recently Bought (Jan 24, 2009, 8:04am)

... Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon The Book of the Long Sun (complete) by Gene Wolfe Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

vpfluke in Reading Globally : January theme read - JAPAN (Jan 23, 2009, 3:48pm)

I liked Hard Boiled Wonderland - I probably read it 15 years ago. I was more into science fiction then, such as Frank Herbert's Dune, which is probably just as far-fetched.

vpfluke in Reading Globally : January theme read - JAPAN (Jan 22, 2009, 1:55pm)

I read Kafka on the shore a year ago and really liked it also. Hard Boiled Wonderland and the end of the World was the first novel I read by Haruki Murakami.

jbeast in Reading Globally : January theme read - JAPAN (Jan 22, 2009, 4:11am)

... last year, and thought it was great. Went through quite a Murakami phase and read 7 of them. Really liked them all except Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, though a lot of people like that one best.

MissTeacher in What Are You Reading Now? : Favorite New-To-You Author in 2008 (Jan 18, 2009, 1:07am)

Oh! Whoever mentioned Haruki Murakami, read Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World! Read it in college and had forgotten all about it until now. You won't be disappointed. For those of you who mentioned Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jorge Luis Borges, ...

sarahbird in 999 Challenge : Sarahbird's 999 Challenge! (Jan 13, 2009, 6:42pm)

... Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4. Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami 5. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 6. The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno S ...

jbeast in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads (Jan 9, 2009, 5:01am)

... Wood but slightly more surreal. I found The Wind Up Bird Chronicle quite gruesome and dragged a bit, and quite disliked Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. So that's my opinion on Murakami - unsolicited I grant you. Am sure others would have differing opinions.

littlegeek in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in January? (Jan 1, 2009, 4:56pm)

Re Murakami: I've only read The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World but both are brilliant, in my view. Murakami is kind of pomo, kind of magical realism, but not really either. His style is unique. It's impressionistic, dreamlike, surreal stuff mixed ...

hemlokgang in Book talk : Another Silly Game, part 18 (Dec 17, 2008, 12:21pm)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel by Haruki Murakami; read it a year or two ago

cocoafiend in 999 Challenge : cocoafiend's 999 (Nov 18, 2008, 1:50am)

... Abe (Japan) The White Castle – Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) Jakob Von Gunten – Robert Walser (Switzerland) Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World – Haruki Murakami (Japan) The Invention of Morel –Adolfo Bioy Casares (Argentina) Austerlitz – W.G. Seb ...

Medellia in Author Chat : Bruce Henricksen, author of After the Floods (November 1-15) (Nov 2, 2008, 6:54pm)

... on the Shore is a wonderful novel, and I'm a big fan of the talking cats. It's probably my second favorite work of his (Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, the first Murakami I read, is still my favorite.) Were you still living in New Orleans during Katrina, or had you moved ...

FicusFan in SFFWorld : Hi Everyone (Oct 21, 2008, 8:23am)

... don't have any of her books. Hmmm, maybe in school and so I don't have the books ? I like Murakami too. My favorite is Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World Arthur: I can start one when I have something new, or someone else can too. There are also a couple of threads running ...

Medellia in Literary Snobs : Favourites - tope Fives, Tens... that sort of thing... (Oct 13, 2008, 5:05pm)

... years. Be that as it may: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami The Famished Road by Ben Okri If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino Straight Man by ...

Medellia in Science Fiction Fans : What are you reading? (Q4) September-December, 2008 (Sep 29, 2008, 9:39am)

Galatea 2.2 or Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (Though if you only read ...

jbeast in 50 Book Challenge : jbeast has started late... (Sep 28, 2008, 2:41pm)

35 Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. A bit disappointing, dragged a bit and I looked forward to finishing. I partly enjoyed it though the style was hard to follow - the sci-fi was detailed and clever but I found some threads a bit confusing and insufficiently ...

jbeast in 50 Book Challenge : jbeast has started late... (Sep 25, 2008, 12:19pm)

... light and easy read, at the same time amazingly well-written, twisty-and-turny, profound, and contemporary. Now reading Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and it's like it's by a completely different writer. Quite incredible author.

littlegeek in The Green Dragon : Book Discussion: The Name of the Wind ~CAUTION ~ Contains SPOILERS (Sep 22, 2008, 3:12pm)

... genius type, he wasn't very successful, imho. It just seems like sloppy character building to me. I just finished reading Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World; now there's a well executed bumbling genius (the old professor who lives behind the waterfall). If I sound ...

littlegeek in The Green Dragon : Weekend of September 5th-7th, 2008 - What are your plans? (Sep 5, 2008, 10:27am)

... because I'll have my butt ensconced in my chair watching Roger & Rafa wack away. Working on sox I'm knitting. Finishing Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Buying a Kindle.

Marensr in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in September? (Sep 2, 2008, 3:50pm)

MrA and LG I would be curious to hear about The Hard Boiled Wonderland I read Wind up Bird a few years ago and only recently finished Sputnik Sweetheart which I enjoyed though not as much as Wind Up Bird and Steppenwolf Theatre is doing an adaptation of Kafka on the Shore so I have ...

littlegeek in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in September? (Sep 1, 2008, 2:53pm)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Murakami, The Two Towers (read aloud with hubby) and V for Vendetta as my toilet reading.

JackFrost in 50 Book Challenge : JackFrost's 2008 List (Aug 26, 2008, 9:06am)

#40: Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World Once again, I can't even make out how I feel about Murakami and his novel. It's been like this the last several books. It drags on, yet I continue reading, and sometimes I have to reread passages, but it feels like I'm taking in something ...

FicusFan in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 August 2008 (Aug 25, 2008, 11:35pm)

... so the month wasn't a total loss. Sometimes we read 2 books a month. I am also a fan of Murakami. My favorite is Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, I am probably one of the few who didn't like Wind Up Bird Chronicle.

RedBowlingBallRuth in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 August 2008 (Aug 21, 2008, 12:09pm)

... earlier this year, and enjoyed it greatly. I haven't read After Dark, though. Although I haven't gotten very far yet, in Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the end of the World it seems like a very good read.

thioviolight in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 August 2008 (Aug 21, 2008, 5:08am)

... lent to me by a friend (I later got my own copy), and also enjoyed Kafka on the Shore very much. Since then I've read Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, After the Quake and South of the Border, West of the Sun. I also have most of his other translated books TBR! =D

RedBowlingBallRuth in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 August 2008 (Aug 20, 2008, 2:43pm)

Finished reading Good Bones and Simple Murders by Atwood, and am about to begin Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami.

emaestra in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 August 2008 (Aug 19, 2008, 8:43pm)

... Wood, then fell completely in love with The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I also really liked Sputnik Sweetheart and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Fortunately there are still many of his books for me to read.

JackFrost in 50 Book Challenge : JackFrost's 2008 List (Aug 12, 2008, 2:09pm)

#35: Boogiepop at Dawn I still have a few books in various stages of completion to finish reading, like Eclipse, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and Metal Gear Solid, but for some reason I felt like reading the new Boogiepop and revisiting the old novels Seven Seas put ...

RedBowlingBallRuth in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #1: AUGUST. 2008 (Aug 12, 2008, 7:52am)

... wood Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The Hours by Michael Cunningham Inès of My Soul by Isabel Allende Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and

jmgold in Science Fiction Fans : Your Essential Science Fiction List (Aug 8, 2008, 6:29pm)

... : William Gibson Snow Crash : Neal Stephenson White Light : Rudy Rucker Doomsday Book : Connie Willis Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World : Haruki Murakami A Scanner Darkly : Philip K Dick Nine Princes in Amber : Roger Zelazny Startide Rising : David Bri ...

HorseRider in Book talk : Not so well known books that you simply have to read! (Aug 2, 2008, 1:10pm)

I absolutely loved The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle!! His other novels are highly recommended too; I'm planning to read Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of a World. He's gaining popularity though. :)

sussabmax in 50 Book Challenge : Susan's 100 books (Jul 29, 2008, 5:22pm)

... take it anymore. I need to mail it off soon, once I get it entered on Book Crossing and get the next address. 49. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Wonderful book. What a great writer Murakami is. At first this book was a little confusing, but ...

tiffany in 50 Book Challenge : tiffany's 2008 challenge (Jul 23, 2008, 2:34pm)

31. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami pgs: 400. Read 21-23 July. total pages: 8434

Medellia in The Green Dragon : Books that you have enjoyed the most~ fiction (Jul 16, 2008, 9:31pm)

... particular order: Straight Man by Richard Russo Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The French Lieutenant ...

Medellia in Book talk : in the vein of Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman? (Jul 15, 2008, 1:08pm)

... really beautiful imagery. I see you have some Murakami in your library--the one that most fits these criteria for me is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. My favorite Murakami. A YA novel: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak. More quirky than fantastic. Has a dark edge, ...

emaestra in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books, 2008, Q2: April - June (Jun 26, 2008, 10:45am)

It's been a bit slow for me this quarter, but I got in some good reads anyway. In no particular order: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami, always a favorite Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson, took me a while to get into but definitely worth it To Kill a Mockingb ...

Medellia in Science Fiction Fans : Best Prose Stylists... (Jun 10, 2008, 8:21am)

... (of which only portions are SF). I'm convinced that there's no prose style the man can't pull off. Haruki Murakami's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is one of my favorites. YMMV. This one tends to bring out extreme opinions on either side. Really, the "science" stuff ...

thioviolight in Book talk : Another Silly Game - Part 8 (Jun 3, 2008, 5:10am)

Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

emaestra in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 May 2008 (May 30, 2008, 11:16pm)

I am still working on White Noise because I keep leaving it at school. Curses! Meanwhile I have started Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. I love Murakami, but I didn't know there would be math. I am enjoying it even so.

The_Kat_Cache in 50 Book Challenge : Kat's 50 Book Challenge for 2008 (May 28, 2008, 2:29am)

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami 1001: 6/20 Non-fiction: 3/20

... As if that wasn't enough, I hit the library on the way home for Beginner's Greek, Christine Falls, Loving Frank, and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's a good thing summer break is less than two weeks away.

Kplatypus in 50 Book Challenge : KPlatypus: Going for 150 in 2008 (May 23, 2008, 4:16am)

64. Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Haruki Murakami In Tokyo, a data processor in his thirties finds himself involved in some kind of mind-altering experiment that involves underground laboratories, jolly yet disturbing scientists, chubby young women in pink, and ...

Kplatypus in 50 Book Challenge : KPlatypus: Going for 150 in 2008 (May 22, 2008, 3:07am)

... reading still, working my way somewhat slowly through Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Haruki Murakami's Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and a few other books that I've been working my way through so slowly as to be making virtually no progress. It's not that I ...

dancingstarfish in 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? (May 16, 2008, 10:08pm)

... for his imagination and humor.. Enders Game, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit hmmm...old school The Giving Tree ! Hard Boiled wonderland and the end of the world ... The Things they carried, The princess bride, Narnia, Little Women, The Shinning (only because I STILL visually ...

Kplatypus in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 11, 2008, 7:32pm)

... reading a book about nuns and convent life that, while interesting, is, sadly, not very well-written. Oh, and I started Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (not on the list, I know, but I also have After the Quake out from the library, to be read if I like the latter.) Seems ...

MrAndrew in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? III (Apr 28, 2008, 12:53am)

I always thought that Murakami would be right up my alley, but Hard-boiled Wonderland kind of annoyed me. I wonder if perhaps I started with the wrong book. I would like to give The Wind Up Bird Chronicle a go sometime.

Thalia in Book talk : What book are you struggling to get through? (Apr 18, 2008, 12:22pm)

... first book I read was The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and I was hooked. The one I loved best and that has stayed with me is Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's among my top ten favorite books. But I understand everybody who doesn't like his writing. It IS different.

vpfluke in Book talk : What book are you struggling to get through? (Apr 18, 2008, 11:28am)

I really liked Kafka on the shore and Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world, and I really did struggle with The Wind up bird chronicle.

Bleaker in Japanese Literature : What work(s) are you most likely to return to? (Mar 27, 2008, 3:12pm)

In no particular order : Genji Monogatari, Master of Go, Snow Country,Thousand Cranes, Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, Kokoro, The Three-Cornered World. There is something in each of these which lingered with me ...

hemlokgang in Reading Globally : Describe your reading year (Mar 19, 2008, 7:55am)

I have my reading journal at hand, but only my list since July 2007. My travels took me to: Japan/Hard boiled Wonderland and The End of The Worldby Haruki Murakami France/Abundance by Sara Jeter Naslund Italy/In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant Alaska/The Yiddish Police ...

Medellia in 50 Book Challenge : well..maybe 50 books? *stonecoldfox edition* (Mar 16, 2008, 12:48pm)

... shorter books, perhaps Norwegian Wood (it's not one of my favorite books, but it seems to be one of everyone else's!) or Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. As for classics, have you read Jane Austen? You can't go wrong with anything she's written, in my opinion. I see A Tal ...

Medellia in Book talk : Your favorite book? (Mar 3, 2008, 9:55am)

Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Straight Man by Richard Russo The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter A Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens (Oh, there are more...)

Medellia in 50 Book Challenge : 3m3m's 80 books in '08 (Feb 8, 2008, 9:05am)

RE: Murakami. I found After Dark to be a bit underwhelming, compared to Murakami's other works. My favorite is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but if you really don't like sci-fi, I don't recommend it. If you do like themes of mind, memory, identity, thrown in with some Jung ...

mtehbob in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Asian Horror or Suspense (Jan 29, 2008, 4:13pm)

Murakami's Hard-Boiled Wonderland is definitely Sci-Fi, it's a cyberpunk novel and a fantasy novel combined (told in alternating chapters). The Vampire Hunter D series of novels also has elements of Sci-Fi (more steampunk) and horror.

mtehbob in Hard-Boiled Wonderland : The Peter Cat Bar - The Introduce Yourself Thread (Jan 28, 2008, 7:26am)

... only read this, South of the Border, and After Dark), for fear of finishing everything he's written. I do own copies of Hard-Boiled Wonderland, Norwegian Wood, and The Elephant Vanishes though.

Medellia in Someone explain it to me... : Haruki Murakami (Jan 25, 2008, 8:41pm)

... Murakami novels by far--and I have read all of them, including Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. My favorite is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, followed by The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. I prefer longer novels to shorter novels, though, and I ...

thioviolight in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 31, 2007, 8:36am)

... just HAVE to be at the top of my list, I'll name some runners-up: Dance Dance Dance, by Haruki Murakami (2) Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Haruki Murakami (1) Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates (1) The Secret Books of Venus I and II, by Tanith Lee ...

Medellia in 50 Book Challenge : Ingrid's Challenge (Dec 22, 2007, 11:00pm)

... novels, and I would list Norwegian Wood as my least favorite. But I know a lot of people who love it. My favorite is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, closely followed by The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka On the Shore. If you like off-beat literature, I'd encourage ...

wandering_star in Reading Resolutions : Reading Resolutions for 2008 (Dec 4, 2007, 9:01am)

... authors, and my favourites are After the Quake (a small book of short stories), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and The Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (I was once reading this on a coach journey and at the end, the woman behind me asked what the book was - she'd been ...

Bahiyya in Book talk : Books that lead to other books (Oct 28, 2007, 10:11pm)

I do this quite a lot too. It was Murakami Haruki's Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World that led me to The Book of Imaginary Beings and the wonders of Jorge Luis Borges' fiction in general. Andre Dubus is my favourite short story writer and it was positive comparisons of his ...

ReadinginSunshine in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 September 2007 (Sep 20, 2007, 5:05pm)

I just got through reading 69 by Ryu Murakami. So now Ive decided to read The Strawberry Statement by James S. Kunen. I am thoroughly excited.

Thalia in Book talk : List ten books that... (Sep 7, 2007, 6:27pm)

... for the Neverending Story. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles got me into Haruki Murakami. What a wild ride that has been so far! Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world is a very close second.

Thalia in Book talk : Another silly game to play. (Sep 6, 2007, 3:42pm)

Before we go in circles: Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

berthirsch in Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2007 (Jul 16, 2007, 5:58pm)

having left behind Murakami in Japan I am now with Seamus Heaney and Beowulf in Scandinavia sometime in the late first millenium...this is a surprisingly easy read, suspenseful, daring and mysterious.

berthirsch in Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2007 (Jul 9, 2007, 5:00pm)

In Japan: Huraki Murakami's After The Quake which is a collection of stories that touch that sense of modern anomie and alienation that any city dweller in today's world has experienced...we are all on the same planet, connected and trying to survive with meaning and connectiveness.

berthirsch in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 July 2007 (Jul 9, 2007, 4:57pm)

Huraki Murakami's After The Quake which is a collection of stories that touch that sense of modern anomie and alienation that any city dweller in today's world has experienced...we are all on the same planet, connected and trying to survive with meaning and connectiveness.

hazelk in List Five Books Parlour Game : Dinner Time (Jul 9, 2007, 2:13pm)

... by Truman Capote The Last Supper by Charles McCarry The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami

thioviolight in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Books read first half of 2007 January-June (Jul 4, 2007, 12:51am)

... the Realms of Faerie, by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (2) 3. Dance Dance Dance, by Haruki Murakami (2) 4. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Haruki Murakami (1) 5. Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates (1)

varielle in List Five Books Parlour Game : Is it Over? (Jun 28, 2007, 7:31am)

The Hard Boiled Wonderland at the End of the World Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, marriage and power at the End of the Renaissance In Ruins Cheri and the Last of Cheri The Last of How it Was

thioviolight in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Books first quarter of 2007 (Jun 21, 2007, 1:21am)

... my first quarter favorites so I can compare them with the later ones. =) 1. Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman 2. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Haruki Murakami 3. Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4. Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones and Ram ...

thioviolight in 50 Book Challenge : Thioviolight's 2007 challenge (Jun 21, 2007, 12:43am)

... really, this is another astonishing and wonder-ful collection of short works by Neil. He never fails to amaze me! 2. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Haruki Murakami Quite a beautifully-written novel, it's a fascinating take on how the mind works. It may be a ...

fikustree in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Jun 7, 2007, 11:49am)

#41- that is really interesting I always thought they were particularly good translations. I started with Hard Boiled Wonderland and I thought it was fantastic, it was years ago and a borrowed copy so I only read it once, I would love to read it again. I really love Norwegian Wood and The W ...

fikustree in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Jun 7, 2007, 11:43am)

#41- that is really interesting I always thought they were particularly good translations. I started with Hard Boiled Wonderland and I thought it was fantastic, it was years ago and a borrowed copy so I only read it once, I would love to read it again. I really love Norwegian Wood and The W ...

Condor in Science Fiction Fans : Should Scientists Write SF? (Jun 5, 2007, 7:27pm)

... yet this is the focus of the majority of his fans. Diagrams, equations, and 3-D models cannot replace a worthwhile story. Hard Science-Fiction writers: remove your dongs from the hard drive. Enough said. I’m always on the lookout for Fantasy worth reading, but a quick perusal of jacket ...

hippietrail in In the Original : What's your latest original language acquisition? (Mar 11, 2007, 1:43pm)

... works in the original. Right now I'm in Tokyo so I just had to collect some more Haruki Murakami. I decided that Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World was potentially the easiest to make out a few sentences of. Plus it was such a fun book!

keir in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Mar 6, 2007, 7:19am)

... it was my first and partly because it was the biggest trip I think, although it is a bit of a mess sometimes. I think that Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World however is very special, as besides all his usual qualities he has a much tighter structure than he normally manages. I ...

FicusFan in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Jan 4, 2007, 11:58pm)

I absolutely adore Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It is very rare that both threads can keep my interest when a book has multiple threads. My least favorite, in fact it was boring, was the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. In fact I thought it was quite painfully long-winded, ...

Thalia in What Are You Reading Now? : Best Ending (Dec 20, 2006, 11:51am)

... or resolves. I'd have to go through all my books, but the one that comes to mind that I've read some years ago is Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Murakami never writes happy endings, but I love how he finishes books and the one above is brilliant.

bookgrl in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Asian Horror or Suspense (Nov 21, 2006, 10:47pm)

... also Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara, but I didn't particularly like it. Suspense? Some Murakami perhaps - Hard boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

ott in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Oct 25, 2006, 12:11am)

... think he is aiming to do) the sense of a greater world behind / existing with the real world. I particularly did not like Hard Boiled Wonderland: the metaphor of the fantasy world seemed clumsily executed, and like I was being hammered on the head with a theme. Of course, some of his imagery ...

bookgrl in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Oct 11, 2006, 1:09am)

... fond of A Wild Sheep Chase but I don't hate it, I just don't feel like re-reading it again. My favorite is definitely Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

aethucyn in Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction : Haruki Murakami: best and worst (Oct 10, 2006, 9:29pm)

My favorite was Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It's rare when a book can jump between two stories, and I'm equally involved in both. I tend to prefer his books and stories where there's an element of the fantastic to them. Still working slowly through Blind Willow, Sleeping Woma ...

FicusFan in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 Sep 2006 (Sep 23, 2006, 10:16pm)

My favorite Murakami is Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World . Love his stuff. I am still reading Cyteen from C.J. Cherryh. I recently got to page 100 or so. I am about 1/6 th of the way through. It is starting to suck me in but ..... I read all the books in the ...

Thalia in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 Sep 2006 (Sep 7, 2006, 6:09pm)

... I was never even interested in Japan or Japanese fiction before I picked up The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Next to Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world it is still my favorite one. Since I read that first book, I have read everything by him. I didn't love every book the same ...

hippietrail in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 Sep 2006 (Sep 3, 2006, 6:19am)

... of weeks ago. It's already sucked me in but I don't know if it will be as absoring as The Wind-up Bird Chronicle or Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world yet...

lizvelrene in Non-American Literature : Interesting novels translated into English (Aug 23, 2006, 5:30pm)

... . So many books by Haruki Murakami, but I'll limit myself to: Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Hard-Boiled Wonderland. Anna Karenina I believe is one of the best novels ever written. The Plague -very meaningful to me. Darkness at Noon - devestating ...

lizvelrene in Non-American Literature : Interesting novels translated into English (Aug 23, 2006, 5:28pm)

... Solitude. So many books by Haruki Murakami, but I'll limit myself to: Kafka on the Shore, Dance Dance Dance and Hard-Boiled Wonderland. Anna Karenina I believe is one of the best novels ever written. The Plague -very meaningful to me. Darkness at Noon - devestating ...

moondust in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading Now? Message Board (Aug 4, 2006, 5:29am)

Very fun to see fellow Murakami fans on here. I loved Kafka on the Shore but I think my favorite is Hard-boiled Wonderland and the end of the world. Right now though I'm delving into China Miéville's Perdido Street Station I quite like it so far and I'm almost half way through it. And as ...

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