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Japanese Literature (28) Top Five Books of 2020 (612) Books Read in 2016 (1,352) » 13 more Magic Realism (165) Best of World Literature (158) 1980s (99) 20th Century Literature (618) Cerebral Mysteries (29) Books Read in 2020 (2,418) Five star books (1,169) Plan to Read Books (49) No current Talk conversations about this book. Having read many of the author's stories, this was by far the least favorite due to slow pacing, and lack of depth and his trademark fantasy/metaphor characters with the exception of Sheep Man who appeared first in "Wild Sheep Chase". Can't win 'em all :) ( ![]() As with the other books of the "Rat Series", I enjoyed reading it a lot. The way Murakami describes his characters is very enjoyable. But on the other sides, I think this is the saddest book of the "Rat Series". It was very nice to meet some of the characters from previous books again and to read how relationships developed. Too bad it was the last book of the series. Después de leer casi todas las novelas de Murakami, me llevé una gran decepción con 1Q84, pero como una pareja que no puede abandonarse del todo, leí "Baila, Baila, Baila" en unos días entre un libro más denso y otro. Al ser una obra más temprana de Murakami, encontré los mismos elementos temáticos y litero-genéticos del autor, pero en forma más concentrada, menos diluída que en 1Q84. Los elementos comunes de Murakami, tanto fortalezas como debilidades, están todos ahí: la trama muy deambulante, de flanneur y decadencia, algún gato, amores superficiales, la música, la comida, la descripción de cosas poco importantes, la sustitución de sentimientos por escenas mágicas. Si te gusta Murakami, es porque te gustan en alguna medida todas esas cosas. Acá están todas, sí, pero a diferencia de 1Q84, Kafka y Sputnik, mayormente funcionan. O quizás, como el vino, el efecto de los libros de Murakami dependa del momento en que uno los lea y las expectativas que traiga consigo, y todo lo demás sea racionalización. Pero en Baila los personajes son mucho menos irritantes e infantiles que en esas otras obras, y la trama es un poco más contenida, aunque parezca un gran detour. En resumen, es un buen libro, fácil de leer, interesante por momentos, pero que no le cambiará la vida a nadie. Como primer exposición a Murakami, está bien, pero le falta más emocionalidad. Si hubiera leído este libro primero, quizás no habría leído todos sus otros libros. Menos mal que empecé por Crónica del Pájaro que da vuelta al mundo This was a joy to listen to; Murakami's characters don't know they're in a book. It's the most natural and rewarding eavesdropping ever. Full on Murakami, though still episodic in the stringing together stories kind of way. Still- a fulfilling story of the narrator compelled to return to the Dolphin Hotel in Sapporo. Hotel has been torn down and replaced by a new monstrosity- but still retains a hidden floor (15th?) for the Sheep man and sheep things. A girl- Yumiyoshi- stumbles up to this floor and shares with our narrator who is able to make sense of it and recreate the experience for himself. Later, he must go back to Tokyo to find Kiki, but instead hooks up with the 13 year old Yuki. They hit it off and hang around together a lot and go to Hawaii to visit her mother and the one armed lover. Later back in Tokyo it turns out his childhood acquaintance Gotanda has in likelihood killed Kiki (and Mei possibly, another sweet prostitute). Fortunately it all comes together in the return trip to Sapporo and we have a very happy ending with Yumiyoshi. Good times. Now on to three body problem. no reviews | add a review
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Dance Dance Dance--a follow-up to A Wild Sheep Chase--is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami's Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs. As Murakami's nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire. No library descriptions found. |
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