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... by Mishima or Abe. Even though I've read most of Murakami's books, I would like to re-read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood in the near future. Pamuk, Zola and Ngugi would also be of interest to me. I'm planning to read the Library of America editions of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor ...
... Bird Chronicle eight or nine years ago, which was unlike anything I had ever read. It remains my favorite, along with Norwegian Wood .
... group!
You are just in time to get to know us before next year's challenge starts up. I read my first Murakami last year, Norwegian Wood and really liked it.
... Hurwitz
I gave up on Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami. I'm giving him a second chance with Norweigan Wood but so far I am not impressed.
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Hopefully you'll bring me into the fold (I do so enjoy cake!) once I've told you my top 10, in no particular order:
1. Norwegian Wood
2. If On a Winter's Night a Traveller
3. Of Mice and Men
4. Fathers and Sons
5. Kafka on the Shore
6. The Woman in the Dunes
7. Ender's Game ...
... with dinner waiting? Suppose it all depends on your choice, choosing by covers may be more dangerous than you think.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
V by Thomas Pynchon
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Woman in the Dunes by K ...
La Ballade de l'impossible de Haruki Murakami: un bouquin peut-être plus ou moins autobiographique, enfin c'est ce que l'auteur laisse à entendre (à lire).
Un étudiant dans le Tokyo de 1968-1969 et ses amours.
Je ne sais pas si c'est parce que c'est un homme, ou parce que c'est un ...
... not float her boat.
If I had known at the time that Haruki Murakami's novels existed, I probably would've loved them. Norwegian Wood is his most approachable (no magical realist-y elements), but again, some sex.
... is a genius. I haven't yet read anything of his that I didn't like. I think the only book I have yet to read is Norwegian Wood and that's on my TBR pile so I will get to it at some point.
Halfway through The Shadow of the Wind despite interruptions of tennis, dinner, some sleep ...
... and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
3. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
4. Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
6. French Milk by Lucy Knisley
7. Everything is Illuminated ...
... Kirino (9.19.2009)
2. Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (9.29.2009)
3. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (10.23.2009)
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by StiegLarsson (9.4.2009)
I had a lot of escapist reading this weekend:
I finished Norwegian Wood and nearly went straight on to Kafka on the Shore but I realised bookrings were calling so I went on to:
Addition which should have been chick lit, but was a bit more intelligent than that.
The Memory Room, which I ...
... crimson-tide. I would have been devastated if you weren't.
I, who should be reading some bookrings, have fallen prey to Norwegian Wood , which has been lent to me. I'm loving it, so far.
My work has set up a bookshelf swap, and I have been introducing bookcrossing books to it. No one has ...
... currently sits in the top five books in Japan at positions 1 and 2. Coming in at numbers 4 and 5 is Murakami's Norwegian Wood , on the back of the movie version currently being filmed for a 2010 release. Why 4 and 5? Well, many novels in Japan are published in two parts, denoted by ...
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Underground and
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
I gave them all four stars, except Chronicle got five stars. I've got Norwegian Wood on Mt TBR somewhere.
Oh, and with Small Island - I almost just dropped "cha" as an exclamation and sucked my teeth in a meeting. I dare anyone to read ...
bonniebooks: sorry for the delay, haven't checked in for a while. I think you should definitely give Norwegian Wood a try. It's very different from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle in that the storyline is relatively simple. I found it very interesting to read about the late sixties from a Japanese ...
... After the Quake at the top of my list.
But if you liked South of the Border, West of the Sun so much, you might like Norwegian Wood as a follow-up. It doesn't have the surreal elements of many of the others, and is a touching story about growing up.
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#28: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
After having read a half dozen or so Murakami books, a fellow avid Murakami reader pointed out I had gone about reading his work in ...
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17. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer*
18. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami*
19. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vinizzi*
20. Little Sister by Kara Dalkey
21. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones* ...
I started reading Norwegian Wood last year (or the year before?) but I couldn't get into it (despite having enjoyed Sputnik Sweetheart and A Wild Sheep Chase previously) and I owed it to someone so I sent it on unread.
I've just bought a new copy though and I might get to it again soon :)
Actually, Norwegian Wood is the one Murakami book I've got that I haven't read yet! I look forward to your comments.
I was lent Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami today. Anyone else read it?
... book, that the author is writing the same book over an over again? I remember loving The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, liking Norwegian Wood , and then getting to South of the Border, West of the Sun and thinking, "Gee, I wonder if this will be about a disaffected young man, a mysteriously ...
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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
What? No raining fish? No girlfriends with magical ears? No dreams of talking cows, even? This can't possibly be a Murakami novel.
Seriously, even though I was expecting a bit more weirdness here, this is a great book. A sad book, but a great ...
Hola, soy nuevo en este club, y por ahora no se bien como funciona el mismo. Yo he acabado de leer a Murakami Tokio Blues y la verdad es que me ha gustado mucho. De hecho, he empezado la última novela Haruki Murakami After Dark, me gusta la mezcla de música y narración que lleva cada libro. A ...
... .
Haruki Murakami – he has a very distinct style, A Wild Sheep Chase would be good to try, if you like more realistic - Norwegian Wood
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell - stories in stories in stories
Hour of the Star - Clarice Lispector - about a narrator creating a character
W.G. Sebald - ...
... Jilly Cooper
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing S Ngor
The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium Gerald Durrell
Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami
River Town Peter Hessler
The Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
Best books:
If T ...
... love it.
#22 Definitely an individual and original writer. I went mad on Murakami 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 ...
... all recommended.
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
... I discoved Murakami's work last year and have really enjoyed the 3 books of his that I have read. I am hoping to get both Norwegian Wood and The Wind Up Bird Chronicle in this year.
26 Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
27 The Lover by Marguerite Duras
First experience with both writers and I will revisit both.
Mr Murakami´s style is appealing but sometimes it feels like I’m reading the sexual fantasy’s of the author rather than an accurate depiction of ...
... of his passion for running. I'm not a runner but found this book so absorbing that I had to start on his novels. So far Norwegian Wood is my first and it is a beautiful love story. He writes with an interesting unique style. Also, much credit to the translator, Jay Rubin.
... this ranks on top, just bearly ahead of A Wild Sheep Chase.
Worst? I am almost afraid to say, but so far it has to be Norwegian Wood or After Dark.
I fell for the surreal element in Murakami, that is why Norwegian Wood was a huge disappointment, even though it was a nice 'coming of ...
Ik lees momenteel Norwegian Wood door Haruki Murakami. Zijn beeldende manier van schrijven spreekt me erg aan.
So Murikami is indeed good ;-)
We have Norwegian Wood waiting at the shelf. My husband has something with Japanese writers...
Anita
... Chris. Home to Catalonia is moving toward the top of the TBR list.
Without giving anything away, I would say that Norwegian Wood is a very different novel from the two you'v read.
... did they have such shallow relationships with their fellow human beings (especially the women)? I have one more Murakami - Norwegian Wood - and am hoping that it will offer something new. Otherwise, I'll be happy to leave Murakami alone and conserve my fond memory of that exciting first trip.
Nice one, Renald.
I have never read Norwegian Wood , but I have read The Color Code.
Thanks foggi!
I have never read Wildwood Dancing
but I have read Norwegian Wood
... was from New Zealand...
The first two Murakami books I read are still my favorites: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood . They are very different books, and the first one is more typical of Murakami. You could also start with his third book, A Wild Sheep Chase, which is his ...
... translations, and there's no way that would have happened a few years ago. I'm with you, kidzdoc, on a bookshop feature of Norwegian Wood being one of the things that changed the way I looked at translated literature (in my case it was Waterstones in Brussels); another important factor for me ...
... the Nobel Prize in Literature, and by discovering Murakami when my local Borders featured The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood . Going to City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco has also broadened my horizons, as the store prominently features works by little known international ...
... I don't think the reader is supposed to connect to them (or perhaps I would if I was a teenager myself?). Last year I read Norwegian Wood which had some similar themes to this, but that book I was moved by.
7) If applicable, do you think Japanese writers write differently about Japan then ...
... say it's the most representative of his work, although an enjoyable read!
In a less unsettling setting, there is Norwegian Wood that I really loved. The story is about very sad events, and yet it has Murakami's magic touch with words.
... it.
#88 I think you will continue to like Kafka to the end. Think you would like The Wind Up Bird Chronicles too. And Norwegian Wood , which is really a straightforward love story with Murakami quirks. In fact, read them all!
Norwegian Wood ?
It's somehow comforting to find you two not loving Murakami! I think we have Norwegian Wood here somewhere.
Book #5: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn - 3 1/2 stars
Said novel, addressed as a series of ledders, is a parable regarding un-slavery of language and rigid rule. Book is ...
I thought Norwegian Wood was meh.
... 2 cents worth....
When I moved here to Japan, 9 years ago, I read Murakami extensively. I loved them all, except perhaps Norwegian Wood , which I could never really get into (but, to be fair, I think I was suffering from Murakami burnout at that stage).
Anyone contemplating Murakami, would ...
... up for the 100 books challenge so I can put those books somewhere. I read my first Haruki Murakami last year and loved it - Norwegian Wood . Which book are you starting the challenge with?
... I have What I Talk About When I Talk About Running on my book list to purchase. But I think I'll add and start with Norweigan Wood .
#213: You are quite welcome.
I am going to try and track down a copy of Norwegian Wood so I can get it read some time this year, too.
... of a memoir. I loved After Dark and enjoyed the memoir to find out a little more about him.
I think I will try to get Norwegian Wood because it sounds like something I would like. I plan to read several more but this year is already crammed and i will have to wait for a while. I wonder ...
... not overwhelming like some of them.
If you want straight fiction to give you an idea of his writing style, I'd go with Norwegian Wood which is one of the best books ever.
It doesn't seem you need any more recommendations anyway. But Norwegian Wood is stunningly good.
I'm worryingly becoming addicted to both LT and 75 book challenge, and I should be working. Which is far less fun!
... Murakami were the extent of my local library's holdings, and I cannot order any at present. I definitely want to read both Norwegian Wood and The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.
... some commentary on Murakami. I too got into him last year, and have read quite a few of them. Think my favourite was Norwegian Wood - one of my only 5 star books last year - which was more like a classic love story with a Japanese angle. Like you I liked After Dark and it was my first. I ...
... by Suzanna Jones
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>Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami,
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... - B
15. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - A
16. The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan - (YA) C+
17. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - B+
18. We Thought You Would Be Prettier by Laurie Notaro - C+
19. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene - A
20. Coraline by Neil Gaiman ...
I have read one book from him Norwegian Wood LG...I thought it was ok...and I've read that Norwegian Wood isn't his best work...are the other books by him better??
Just finished Norwegian Wood and Prodigal Summer and am now onto Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
ahhh I love winter break. All that graduate school was beginning to interfere with my reading time.
So I've heard so much about Haruki Murakami that I wanted to dive in and enjoy it, but I just can't keep going in Norwegian Wood . The first 100 or so pages were excellent and engaging, but once the book shifted entirely to Naoko's experience at the "Ami Hostel" and introduced the character of ...
... never find the answers. Sometimes I would reach out and try to grasp the grains of light, but my fingers touched nothing."
Norwegian Wood
Here are mine:
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Collector by John Fowles
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
... Ray Bradbury (blackdogbooks) (got)
- The Doomsday Book: Connie Willis (MusicMom41) + sequel (ronincats)
- Norwegian Wood : Haruki Murakami (jbeast)
- Kipling's Choice: Geert Spillebeen (Whisper1)
- Crazy Horse, the strange man of the Oglalas: Mari Sandoz (alcott ...
65. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
Wasn't impressed with the translation, but I liked the book. Kafka was a lot better, but being shorter, this one was nice too. No fantasy elements, though, I was surprised.
... Gregor
3. The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
4. City of God - E L Doctorow
5. Book of Lost Things - John Connolly
6. Norwegian Wood - Hanuki Murakami
7. Two Caravans - Marina Lewycka
8. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
What a contrast between the last two books in this category. ...
Go for Master and Margarita as it's a modern classic and really excellent. I also nudge Wild Berries, and Norwegian Wood . The latter is not Murakami's best -The Wind up Bird Chronicle imo is his masterpiece-, but it's a good portrait of modern Japan and deliciously weird.
... the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Loved this, much more than The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Think it is my equal favourite with Norwegian Wood . Didn't really get it I don't think, but as usual I loved his writing, really don't know how he does it.
46 The Collector by John Fowles. One of my ...
Here's another for Norwegian Wood . Murakami writes so perfectly - you just sink into a world of words and thoughts and leave all your problems behind. Must admit I've never really seen what all the fuss is about with The Master and Margarita.
... most about The Master and Margarita.
Murakami, well to be fair just Kafka on the Shore, left me cold too (I've got Norweigan Wood ready to read someday).
Maybe I'm allergic to talking cats!
As for what I haven't read. All the rest. I'd want to give Wild Berries by Yevgeny Yevtus ...
I'm nudging Norwegian Wood ; it was the first Murakami I read, and nothing else of his has quite lived up to it for me.
And a nudgoid for The Riders, which is on my TBR pile too, and which I'm sure will be great because everything else I've read by Winton has been.
... stuff.
Murakami - I have read a couple of his books, including his latest 'biographical treatise on running, but not Norwegian Woods . He has a particular style with magic realism intertwined. I quite liked Dance, Dance, Dance but he is not my favourite author in the world. Many people ...
... Palomar by Italo Calvino
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Successor by Ismail Kadare
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
Siam ...
Happenstance A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz (1/9/09)
2. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore (8/7/09)
4. Labyrinth - Kate Mosse (4/14/09)
5. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted - Elizabeth Berg ...
... - No 1 Ladies Detective Agency books by Alexander McCall Smith
Morocco - Hideous Kinky by Ester Freud
Asia
Tokyo - Norwegian Wood by Hanuki Murakami
Singapore - The Third Brother by Nick McDonell
Thailand - The Third Brother by Nick McDonell and The Beach by Alex Garland
India - ...
Hi to all
I've added Norwegian Wood to the pile of tbr.
And, I want to add a comment that I enjoy the exchange of opinions about religion...
What a wonderful site this is!
I still haven't got round to reading Murakami. I bought Norwegian Wood for my mother-in-law because she loves Douglas Coupland, and I'd read somewhere that "people who love Coupland, love Murakami". She now has about 10 Murakami novels on her shelves and I still haven't read a single one... ...
#104: Thanks for the additional info on Norwegian Wood . Sounds like I will definitely be on the look out for it.
#103: Loved the comment, doc.
Alcottacre - Until now I've read 3 of his books as you may see on my list. And I loved Norwegian Wood most, that's for sure.
All of them in my opinion have similar main line, it's always a story about love and friendship, about man and woman, about life and death. But each of them has something ...
#101 agatatera: How was Norwegian Wood ? I just discovered Murakami this year (I have Kafka on the Shore home from the library right now) and am interested in input on all of his books.
Regarding hypocrisy in the church, I think you will find it in any church. They are, after all, run by ...
99. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Whisper - I'm happy that through our discussion you found next book to add to your pile :)
Well... it can be (and it is actually) a lot of hypocrisy in Catholic church. Religion itself is interesting, but the structures and behaviours etc. are full ...
ludmillalotaria, people are often biased in recommending Murakami based on what they read first. Personally, I think Norwegian Wood is a good starting point. It was also his first novel. I don't know anyone who didn't like it, whilst sometimes there are mixed feelings with some of his other work. ...
... story collections if you haven't already read them - I'd recommend Blind Willow, Seeping Woman. Also, I've heard that Norwegian Wood is being made into a film (IMDB says 2010 but I reckon it may be later than that). Anyway, that's something I'm very excited about. Here's a couple links:
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... of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine
Banjo Paterson's The Old Bush Songs of Australia by Banjo Patersson
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
49. Norwegian Wood by Hanuki Murakami
A tale of first love in 1960s Tokyo, it was simply but beautifully written. There is a lot of suicide, death and mental illness in the book, but it isn't altogether bleak. Although not full of action, I found it compelling reading and I wanted to find out ...
... Gregor
3. The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
4. City of God - E L Doctorow
5. Book of Lost Things - John Connolly
6. Norwegian Wood - Hanuki Murakami
To read - 2
... on it already.
I love Murakami, some better than others. But the one that I love best is Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood .
Has anyone read Shantaram by Gregory Roberts? A huge tome, but I really enjoyed this book. It gave me a very different insight into India, especially ...
15 After the Quake by Haruki Murakami. Loved these stories, almost as much as Norwegian Wood . Reviewed it so won't go on about it any more here!
Not one of that 3 for 2, unfortunately none of his are on offer at the moment - Murakami number 3:
11 Norwegian Wood . Loved it loads, really did. Completely lived up to my expectations. Loved the atmosphere of it, and feel I learned a lot about Japan (though agree it could have been set in any ...
... I enjoyed your review. I haven't read that one though I am a fan of what I've read by Murakami. I can tell you though, Norwegian Wood is supposed to be far different than anything else he's written, and was in my experience. There's also none of that that would make you scream, except for ...
... having an orgasm is the GREATEST. THING. EVER.
I still have to finish The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, pick up a copy of Norwegian Wood and finish the short stories I haven't read. Only then, I think, am I going to be able to finalize my opinion of the author. But if I have to read about one ...
I own both After Dark and Kafka on the Shore, but I haven't yet read them. I started my Murakami love affair with Norwegian 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. F ...
While I do love Norwegian Wood , I usually suggest people start with his short story collection The Elephant Vanishes. Assuming the reader doesn't loathe short stories, they're accessible, fulfilling, and if you do end up disliking them you tend not to feel you've wasted as much time.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by E Somerville
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
England, My England by D H Lawrence
Here comes the Sun! by Emilie Loring
Julia by Peter Straub
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Piggies by Audrey Wood
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42. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
This is a simple and beautiful story, utterly different from much of Murakami's other work, but wholly worthwhile. I can't recommend it highly enough for a reader seeking escape or interested in reading coming of age stories, or stories of the search ...
... over (maybe because it's on a top shelp above my head I'm realizing now...).
As for me, I've read and posted a review of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and I truly enjoyed it. I don't often reread books, but I feel sure I'll reread this one in the future. Simple and sweet story with ...
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6. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
This is a simple and beautiful story, utterly different from much of Murakami's other work, but wholy worthwhile. I can't recommend it highly enough for a reader seeking escape or interested in reading coming of age stories, or ...
While reading through another thread, I realized that despite a huge TBR pile and fat, juicy wish list I still haven't read Norwegian Wood or anything by Haruki Murakami.
What book or author is in that "I can't belive I haven't read..." category for you?
(Actually, for me the really ...
jseeger9000
Norweigan Wood is a good entry point for Murakami, and has been recommended as such here on LT. How do I know? Because he's on my "I can't believe I haven't read anything by...." list.
... append my list of 'Must read before years end' to include at least one of the two Haruki Murakami books I have. Either Norwegian Wood (I figured the Beatles connection will help there, though I've heard it isn't as good as his later novels) or After Dark (which I picked up because for ...
... my review.
whitewavedarling, why don't you read and review Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami?
Please pick something with a tbr tag. And if it's a long and/or complicated book, it will probably take a while until I finish it.. ...
I was actually also thinking originally of Norwegian Wood , but when I looked it up, it was about a younger man (I think). I feel that Murakami does a wonderful job describing the feeling a man must have (my guess only, as I'm a woman) when longing for a woman which he cannot have.
Wow, we are so on the same wavelength. But I was thinking of Norwegian Wood .
I was introduced to Murakami by Norwegian Wood and up to now, even after reading most of his other books, it still is my favorite simply because it's the best nostalgia story he has ever written. The characters are so alive you might even think Toru is actually the young Murakami.
My least ...
... Fool On The Hill who is with The Nowhere Man who is with Michelle waiting for The Word and to Run For Your Life to Norwegian Wood .
beatles1964
karen, I have both Norwegian wood and After Dark waiting in the current pile of library books to be read. I will take a break before I attempt either of them though.
... The Following Story ***½
5. Argentina - The Invention of Morel ****
6. Turkey - Snow ****
7. Japan - {5/5}
~ a. Norwegian Wood ****
~ b. The Wild Geese ****½
~ c. The Master of Go ****
~ d. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion ***½
~ e. After the Quake ***½
8. Brazil - T ...
... with Haruki Murakami this past year. My favorite so far is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, but I also really enjoyed Norwegian Wood and Sputnik Sweetheart.
... Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's Seven Japanese Tales ; Murakami Haruki's After Dark , Kafka on the Shore , Norwegian Wood The Setting Sun and probably Mishima Yukio's Confessions of a Mask .
...
The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan
Norwegian Wood ?
... If you like longer books, try The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or Kafka on the Shore. If you prefer 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, ...
... His more fantastical novels are wonderful to read, but for an insight into contemporary Japanese culture I would recommend Norwegian Wood and some of his short story collections like After The Quake. For a bit of fun, try A Wild Sheep Chase.
The other Murakami, Ryu Murakami, is also ...
1. The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil
2. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
3. The Immoralist by André Gide
... James Baldwin
I Leap Over the Wall, Monica Baldwin
Dark Fire, C J Sansom
Death of a Murderer, Rupert Thomson
Norwegian Wood , Haruki Murakami
Making History, Stephen Fry
The Shakespeare Secret by J L Carrell
Blaze, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
...
... James Baldwin
I Leap Over the Wall, Monica Baldwin
Dark Fire, C J Sansom
Death of a Murderer, Rupert Thomson
Norwegian Wood , Haruki Murakami
Making History, Stephen Fry
The Shakespeare Secret by J L Carrell
Blaze, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones ...
I have a friend who used to teach Norwegian Wood because he wanted to have Murakami on the syllabus, and felt like it was one of the more accessible ones that fit in his syllabus, but even he admitted it was one of his least favorites of the works. I haven't read many of his novels, but I do ...
... Jackson
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Listening is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
Watchdogs of Democracy? by Helen Thomas
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
This should prove to be a fun way to add a little variety to this years reading.
{Original Challenge completed June, 24th}
{Original Challenge doubled November, 18th}
... Order of the Phoenix ***
by J.K. Rowling
02/04/08
Letters Regarding the English Nation
by Voltaire
02/07/08
Norwegian Wood ****
by Haruki Murakami
02/08/08
Certainly a change of pace from his usual writing and none the worse for the departure.
... 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.
For what it's worth, Norwegian Wood and After Dark are my two least favorite 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 ...
... shelves in the 21st century which subtly challenge the conventions.
I'd squeeze another Haruki Murakami on there, Norwegian Wood .
I can also only echo the calls for works by Raymond Carver, Douglas Coupland and Cormac McCarthy to have been included, as well as a collection ...
touchstone works fine for me. Has all day so far - touchwood Quickly.
Authors are a bit tricky you need to go for just name and then others
Odd dreams you have.
My first exposure to the marvellous Murakami was in late 2006 through Norwegian Wood after several raves being posted about the great man's work on http://www.bookgrouponline.com.
Since then I've also read Kafka on the Shore and South of the Border, West of the Sun and added the rest of ...
This space used to contain the full category list, but there got to be too many touchstones, so I've broken them out into individual entries below and decided to delete this one.
... probably be sure you got the wrong information (and you may have!) at least a few times during the reading of this book.
Norwegian Wood was my first Murakami, and while I didn't like it so much I will try another, and have one or two on my wishlist over at BookMooch.
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... to spoilers, even as allusion. :)
Have you read any other Murakami? I have read all of his 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 Win ...
Wandering Star, I'd like to see what you think of Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez.
I have finished and reviewed Norwegian Wood .
Whoever's up next, please select from my TBR tags. I can't wait to start a new book!
... DailyLit.com email to my work address and I can't believe it but I don't have time for it. Maybe another day. so--
#11. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - finished this 12/19. I think I didn't get it.
#12. Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen - also finished 12/19. Loved this, ...
... to hear what he thinks of it. How could you not love it?
I"m still slogging through my old set of books from last week - Norwegian Wood , The Tangent Objective, Sherlock Holmes, Water for Elephants (my favorite of the bunch, it's on audio but I'm going to find reasons to drive around and ...
->91 Kiwiflowa I'm glad you're liking Owen Meany. Hope you continue to do so.
I'm a little over halfway done with Norwegian Wood , and while it's not grabbing me hard like some books do, I'm starting to care more about what happens. I'm thinking this is going to be one of those books that you ...
...
Mr Starlight by Laurie Graham
Most Embarrassing Moments... the Book of Cringe
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson
Pavane by Keith Roberts
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Pelikan : Love ...
The student strike started at the end of May.
from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The Asian group, http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=2064 discussed Murakami for a while.
I haven't read Norwegian Wood , but immensely enjoyed reading Kafka on the Shore several months ago.
A lot of people I know online also discovered Murakami throught Norwegian Wood . That is also the first book of Murakami I have owned and read, I continue reading his books and despite may recurring themes in his stories I never get tired of it.
It really strikes a cord in me, the language he ...
... been closed but the bar lives on in many guises throughout his books.
My name's Ted and my first Murakami book was Norwegian Wood . When I read it, it changed my life. I'm not sure how to explain it, but after I finished reading it, I took stock of what I had done up to then, and thought, ...
... - there's no way I would have attempted another looong book this year but it flew by!
ireed110: Could you review Norwegian Wood please? I read it a while ago and remember finding it interesting so I'd love to hear what you think!
To the person choosing for me, please can it be from ...
(1) Mr Muo's Traveling Couch
(2) Big Fish
(3) Norwegian Wood
(4) Perfume by Patrick Suskind
(5) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
(6) Zoli by Colum McCan
(7) In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
(8) A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
(9) South of the Border West of the Sun - Murak ...
... fiction -- and three of the five top that came up were by Murakami:
The wind-up bird chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Norwegian wood by Haruki Murakami
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world : a novel by Haruki Murakami
Number9dream : ...
He used yen in Norwegian Wood and The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. It is very strange that he would change to dollars since the setting is still in Japan.
... like not being able to buy a dictionary or not finding their keys...
One of the more recent and surprising times was Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. It's a very beautiful and melancholy book, so you're more sad than actually crying, but reading the very last sentence, I just broke ...
... to this book. Is it still called magical realism in Asia?
I think I have just found a new favorite author. I finished Norwegian Wood a few weeks ago and had to find another.
... quickly. Last night I started Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I only recently discovered Murakami with Norwegian Wood and I really like his style.
I am enjoying Tokyo with Norwegian Wood . I really like Murakami's style (this is my first of his novels).
#4: emaestra:
I haven't read Norwegian Wood (though I do have a copy already), but I'm a huge fan of Haruki Murakami. I loved everything of his I've read so far. I hope you like his writing!
This week, I'll still be reading Joyce Carol Oates's High Lonesome, which I'm really ...
... We Need to Talk About Kevin. Very powerful. As a mother and a teacher, it just left me dumbfounded.
Next up is Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. I've never read this author before, but the style looks promising.
Country and Blues Harmonica for the Musicallyl Hopeless
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
Gun, With Occasional Music
Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Oreleans
Beethovan or Bust: A Practical Guide to understanding and Listening to Great Music
... and picked up three more. I am hoping at least one or two will be more uplifting than what I have been reading lately.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - first time with this author
Seeing by Jose Saramago
Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
I read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle first, after picking it up on a whim at a bookstore, and was absolutely blown away. Norwegian Wood is my favorite, as the overwhelming yet understated theme of loneliness hit home at a sensitive period in my life. I've read all of his books, except for Dance ...
like may people here, the first Murakami book I have read was Norwegian Wood ... I liked it immensely. Remains my top favorite, sentimental reasons I guess.
Then Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. While initially reading it I was both lost in those two threads of SciFi (I am not ...
... The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle kind of dragged a little, but I was fascinated with Kafka on the Shore.
I also read Norwegian Wood but wasn't very taken with it: it was interesting, but it didn't have the "magic" that I fell in love with in the other two. Dance Dance Dance was good, ...
Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Tree and Leaf by J. R. Tolkein
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
... 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 Wind-Up Bird Chronicle those would be my top tier. But I also love Sputnik Sweetheart and Kafka on the Shore I just finished A Wild Sheep Chas ...
... 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 Wind-Up Bird Chronicle those would be my top tier. But I also love Sputnik Sweetheart and Kafka on the Shore I just finished A Wild Sheep Chas ...
>75 Thanks Killeymoon. You've now given me a starting point for Murakami with Norwegian Wood . I haven't read anything by him yet.
52> CEP: I actually had my interest piqued in The Magic Mountain from reading Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. One of the characters in Norwegian Wood is reading The Magic Mountain when he goes up to visit his friend in a kind of Japanese version of the sanatorium in The Magic Mounta ...
... about Sputnik Sweetheart. However, after half-way through I got steadily less enthusiastic. Should have started with Norwegian Wood methinks as my first Murakami.
23. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Another Murakami and I loved this one too. I felt a deep connection to the main character and was deeply affected by the story. I'm going to get away from Murakami's books for a while. I don't like to read to many of one author's books at a time. I ...
... stories about World War II very interesting. I'm definitely going to read some of his other books. My friend recommended Norwegian Wood so I'll try that first.
... weekend, and liked it very much.
finally finished The Historian yesterday and am glad it's over.
Currently reading: Norwegian Wood
Am the author of All Encompassing Trip
:-)
... Vonnegut
19. The Road - (4/27) Cormac McCarthy
20. The Historian - (4/29) - Elizabeth Kostova
Currently reading: Norwegian Wood
My Favorites on this list: Exile in Guyville, The Passion, All Encompassing Trip, Between, Georia, Black Swan Green, The Dogs of Babel, The Road
... Mezzotint".
There's a Chicago writer, Tina L. Jens who has written a collection of ghost stories set in a blues bar, The Blues Ain't Nothin': Tales from the Lonesome Blues Pub , that I would highly recommend.
... Of The World, enjoyed Sputnik Sweetheart, Kafka on the Shore and A Wild Sheep Chase. A lot of good reports here for Norwegian Wood so I'll read it next.
...
Mr Starlight by Laurie Graham
Most Embarrassing Moments... the Book of Cringe
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson
Pavane by Keith Roberts
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Pelikan : Love ...
... structure is essentially the same. I don't quite know why I've never been attracted to number9dream; perhaps because of Norweigan Wood where a similar Beatles reference is used by an author, Murakami, who I don't like (not logical argument at all, I know).
... part/whole issues of some (but not all) Haruki Murakami works:
Specifically this time Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood .
This is specifically warned against in "What NOT to combine". Japanese novels over a certain length are almost always sold in 2 or 3 parts. Just because ...
... for literature. Some people look down on him as a bit middlebrow but when he's on form I think he's genuinely good. Norwegian Wood turned him into a bestseller while The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is probably his best regarded critically. You might also be interested in Underground, ...
i learned to cook with a jug of wine by morrison wood and I made practically everything in it. i like to bake out of carol field the italian baker and for sweet stuff all the maida heatter books. her cakes made with ground almonds, lightened with egg white and filled with buttercream are ...
Norwegian Wood is probably my favorite book of all time. I love Murakami's depiction of loneliness. I really enjoyed Kafka on the Shore as well. I've noticed that the protagonists of all his books seem to be very similar. I'd love to know more about Murakami's personal life and to what extent ...
... stations, german bookstores, and those books i brought back with me from the states on my occasional visits. i bought norwegian wood a few weeks back, and almost missed my stop and ended up in belgium! i fell in love with murakami's writing, and have since read kafka on the shore, ...
i did not like a wild sheep chase at all......but i adored norwegian wood , sputnik sweetheart and wind up bird....oh and also underground but that is more nonfiction
I have tended to prefer Murakami’s works that are more grounded in reality: Norwegian Wood and South of the Border, West of the Sun.
I have not much liked his fantasy – some things feel false to me, rather than to suggest (as I think he is aiming to do) the sense of a greater world ...
... It is a long book but seemed to go by so quickly! I would like to know what other readers have thought about this book.
Norwegian Wood is probably an easier entry point for most people. Also an excellent book.
I was floored by the elephant vanishes. The scope of his writing really ...
... is my favourite, hands down.
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Norwegian Wood is my favourite. The overall plot of the trio really tugs at my psyche.
Kafka On The Shore is the worst so far (still got a couple to read), mainly because ...
... but the only thing that sticks out for me is the torture scene which bothered me a lot. So I don't think I'd reread it. Norwegian Wood translated by Alfred Birnbaum was the second and is still my favorite. I've read it a zillion times. I even have it in a text document which I ...
... Sweetheart. I really liked them both but my favourite is definitely South of the Border, West of the Sun. I have Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore to read so I may still change my mind. :o)
... where I discovered they had Yoshimoto & Haruki Murakami, but then I got the mail!
I've gotten 3 emails that Murakami's Norwegian Wood was available, and it was mooched SO FAST! Once while I was cleaning the bathroom, and the other in the time it takes to get a cup of coffee! AND the third ...
... mooched Convergence from me! I just got back from the post office, went to LT, and saw your message.
I've also sent Norwegian Wood and Candy and Me, and am waiting on A Live Coal in the Sea and Web Design in a Nutshell. For a while I was whining that no one wanted any of my books, ...
I was introduced to Haruki Murakami through Norwegian Wood which remains my favourite till today. I liked Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and after the quake but didn't care much for The Elephant Vanishes. I liked Kafka on the Shore but I thought the second-half of the book dragged on ...
Norwegian Wood is my favourite. The overall plot of the trio really tugs at my psyche.
Kafka On The Shore is the worst so far (still got a couple to read), mainly because of the incest, I guess.
... The discussion in last weeks thread on why (or why not) people don't like Murakami was interesting for me - I started with Norwegian Wood which is apparently his most "mainstream" book. I enjoyed that, so I'm trying out some of his others.
Wow. Just checked the internet for the Norwegian Wood boxed set! Abebooks has it for US$ 292.50! I'm not that vain! Maybe it'll turn up on a bookswap, and someone won't know any better, and I'll get it for one point!
Opinicus, if you’re looking for Norwegian Wood , then try for the boxed version. It’s one of my treasures, two small red and green books, faultlessly presented. Very satisfying, in a way that only anything perfectly designed can be. When the book was first published, to be seen in Tokyo with ...
... my vote, although Kafka on the Shore lacks some of the bizareness of the earlier novels. The red and green box edition of Norwegian Wood is one of my nicest looking books.
... The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is the most popular on Librarything so I guess it's the most popular outside Japan though Norwegian Wood turned him into a superstar in Japan and forced him to flee the country. These are both good places to start. Kafka on the Shore is pretty popular here (L ...
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