tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post9047439898781420230..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: South of the Border, West of the Sun (Murakami Haruki)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-12030737149645235162011-05-09T09:21:46.691+08:002011-05-09T09:21:46.691+08:00Ah, interesting, Rise--will have to backtrack and ...Ah, interesting, Rise--will have to backtrack and see if I read that influence claim on Wikipedia or somewhere else more "reliable"!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-2772956590860836102011-05-08T12:02:50.706+08:002011-05-08T12:02:50.706+08:00Haha. Well, you got half his name right. :P
Yeah, ...Haha. Well, you got half his name right. :P<br />Yeah, <i>The Woman in the Dunes</i> (movie and book) comes highly recommended by friends too. Interesting what you say about Abe's influence. Murakami made a personal list of "top ten Japanese writers" but he didn't include Abe in it.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-60452384689517145172011-05-07T23:22:06.419+08:002011-05-07T23:22:06.419+08:00Kobo Abe, correct [ugh, I saw that right after I t...Kobo Abe, correct [ugh, I saw that right after I typed it last night and then slunk away in embarrassment and disgrace]. I don't have any time for him this month, but I got a hold of a couple of 1960s films (<em>Pitfall</em> and <em>The Woman in the Dunes</em>) where he contributed the screenplays. Am told he was an influence on the young Murakami, but I don't know whether that's Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-58858503605601487482011-05-07T23:07:55.288+08:002011-05-07T23:07:55.288+08:00Richard, The Wind-up is an unfinished book for me....Richard, <i>The Wind-up</i> is an unfinished book for me. I left it hanging after part one, I think 10 years ago! Now, I'll have to restart the book. Which is something I half-heartedly look forward too, as I remember many dreamlike sections in it making me want to sleep and dream the story instead. Though the harrowing story of Lt. Mamiya was still in my head after all these years.<br /><br Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-69210749723757160262011-05-07T11:05:58.396+08:002011-05-07T11:05:58.396+08:00Having just been completely blown away by The Wind...Having just been completely blown away by <em>The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle</em>, Rise, I'm both amused and a little worried about all the negatives you heap on Murakami's other fiction (esp. <em>Kafka on the Shore</em>, which has a good shot at being my next novel by him whenever that time comes)! However, I'm glad to hear that this one worked a little better for you and I'll keep Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-30361078052885965932011-05-07T10:40:47.268+08:002011-05-07T10:40:47.268+08:00Yeah, the main character in one book can almost be...Yeah, the main character in one book can almost be interchanged with another. The other characters around him are also similar types. I think the short stories are mostly weak because they trivialize in a short space the baggage carried by the characters. Whereas a sprawling surrealist epic can go out of hand, especially when populated by "non-ordinary" artificial characters (though I Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-84120099849922402952011-05-07T03:34:33.341+08:002011-05-07T03:34:33.341+08:00agree in parts ,Murkami also seems use similar typ...agree in parts ,Murkami also seems use similar types of characters in his books ,I read thios couple years ago and like it but wasn't bowled over by it ,all the best stuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com