Apr 11, 2023anybody here read novelist as a vocation? thinking of adding it to my list
Apr 11, 2023·1 replyI'm still swimming through the waters of Kafka on the Shore
Apr 11, 2023·1 replychoosechooseI'm still swimming through the waters of Kafka on the Shore
How is it so far
- Apr 12, 2023CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
How is it so far
still in the very first pages tbh
Apr 13, 2023·1 replyNew novel is out now, hoping we get some news regarding the english translation
- Apr 13, 2023kiddash3r
New novel is out now, hoping we get some news regarding the english translation
Hey everyone, here's a summary of the latest Murakami book discussions!
Murakami Novels
A lot of people have been talking about their experiences with different Murakami novels, sharing which ones they've read and their thoughts on them.
- @KFA is currently reading "Norwegian Wood," and @kiddash3r mentioned that it's their favorite Murakami novel
- @Alione talked about how "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" means a lot to them, especially because of the changes in their close group of friends after high school
- @mikeyxellesmere started reading "Kafka on the Shore" recently, and @angelikhoodrat highly recommended it to others
- @deadpegasus is currently reading "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki," enjoying its slow and sad pace, and later picked up "Killing Commendatore"
- @Bazooe started reading "1Q84" and is considering going back to finish "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"
New Murakami Novel
There's some excitement about the new Murakami novel, "The City and Its Uncertain Walls," which was released recently.
- @kiddash3r shared a link to the Japanese publisher's website featuring the new novel, and mentioned that the Danish translation is coming soon - they're hoping the English translation will follow
- @Misfit hopes that the new novel will have a minimum of 800 pages, and @kiddash3r confirmed that it has 672 pages according to Amazon
Miscellaneous
- @cmjunk mentioned that they mostly read works by Dostoevsky, Murakami, and Vonnegut
- @Garcon asked if anyone has read "Novelist as a Vocation"
- @choosechoose is just starting "Kafka on the Shore" and is in the early pages
That's it for now! Enjoy your Murakami reads and keep the discussions going.
- Apr 14, 2023
alright, 300 pages into Killing Commendatore and I’ve found it very fun and compelling so far. it’s still fairly slow, but i enjoy novels that wander at their own pace, as long as there’s some interesting events along the way.
the way Murakami is telling/has structured the story reminds me a lot of Colorless Tsukuru, with the back and forth between the present and a number of moments from the distant (and not so distant) past, but that might just be his style lol that’s just the only reference point i have.
i like how some of the magical elements are even more blatant than they were in Colorless Tsukuru, though.
- Apr 14, 2023
lowkeyHey everyone, here's a summary of the latest Murakami book discussions!
Murakami NovelsA lot of people have been talking about their experiences with different Murakami novels, sharing which ones they've read and their thoughts on them.
- @KFA is currently reading "Norwegian Wood," and @kiddash3r mentioned that it's their favorite Murakami novel
- @Alione talked about how "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" means a lot to them, especially because of the changes in their close group of friends after high school
- @mikeyxellesmere started reading "Kafka on the Shore" recently, and @angelikhoodrat highly recommended it to others
- @deadpegasus is currently reading "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki," enjoying its slow and sad pace, and later picked up "Killing Commendatore"
- @Bazooe started reading "1Q84" and is considering going back to finish "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"
There's some excitement about the new Murakami novel, "The City and Its Uncertain Walls," which was released recently.
- @kiddash3r shared a link to the Japanese publisher's website featuring the new novel, and mentioned that the Danish translation is coming soon - they're hoping the English translation will follow
- @Misfit hopes that the new novel will have a minimum of 800 pages, and @kiddash3r confirmed that it has 672 pages according to Amazon
- @cmjunk mentioned that they mostly read works by Dostoevsky, Murakami, and Vonnegut
- @Garcon asked if anyone has read "Novelist as a Vocation"
- @choosechoose is just starting "Kafka on the Shore" and is in the early pages
That's it for now! Enjoy your Murakami reads and keep the discussions going.
- Apr 14, 2023
Murakami scholars got one..
Apr 14, 2023·1 replyBoo boo ass bot omitted me
- Apr 14, 2023gbluecheez
Boo boo ass bot omitted me
- Apr 16, 2023lowkey
Hey everyone, here's a summary of the latest Murakami book discussions!
Murakami NovelsA lot of people have been talking about their experiences with different Murakami novels, sharing which ones they've read and their thoughts on them.
- @KFA is currently reading "Norwegian Wood," and @kiddash3r mentioned that it's their favorite Murakami novel
- @Alione talked about how "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" means a lot to them, especially because of the changes in their close group of friends after high school
- @mikeyxellesmere started reading "Kafka on the Shore" recently, and @angelikhoodrat highly recommended it to others
- @deadpegasus is currently reading "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki," enjoying its slow and sad pace, and later picked up "Killing Commendatore"
- @Bazooe started reading "1Q84" and is considering going back to finish "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"
There's some excitement about the new Murakami novel, "The City and Its Uncertain Walls," which was released recently.
- @kiddash3r shared a link to the Japanese publisher's website featuring the new novel, and mentioned that the Danish translation is coming soon - they're hoping the English translation will follow
- @Misfit hopes that the new novel will have a minimum of 800 pages, and @kiddash3r confirmed that it has 672 pages according to Amazon
- @cmjunk mentioned that they mostly read works by Dostoevsky, Murakami, and Vonnegut
- @Garcon asked if anyone has read "Novelist as a Vocation"
- @choosechoose is just starting "Kafka on the Shore" and is in the early pages
That's it for now! Enjoy your Murakami reads and keep the discussions going.
We are S’s testing ground. I like It
- Apr 22, 2023·edited
yoooo Killing Commendatore goes straight off the rails at the end
loving it. got 100 more pages, then it’s time for this Kafka On the Shore 
- Apr 25, 2023
"An English translation of Mr Murakami's newest title will be made available later this year." 👀
bbc.com/news/world-asia-65259722 - Apr 28, 2023·1 reply
damn, Kafka on the Shore’s first 100 pages are way more enticing than those of the other two Murakami novels i’ve read
mfs getting mass hypnotized and talking to cats, but it’s all set in the real world lmaothis is my kind of s*** right here
- Apr 28, 2023lowkey
Hey everyone, here's a summary of the latest Murakami book discussions!
Murakami NovelsA lot of people have been talking about their experiences with different Murakami novels, sharing which ones they've read and their thoughts on them.
- @KFA is currently reading "Norwegian Wood," and @kiddash3r mentioned that it's their favorite Murakami novel
- @Alione talked about how "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" means a lot to them, especially because of the changes in their close group of friends after high school
- @mikeyxellesmere started reading "Kafka on the Shore" recently, and @angelikhoodrat highly recommended it to others
- @deadpegasus is currently reading "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki," enjoying its slow and sad pace, and later picked up "Killing Commendatore"
- @Bazooe started reading "1Q84" and is considering going back to finish "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"
There's some excitement about the new Murakami novel, "The City and Its Uncertain Walls," which was released recently.
- @kiddash3r shared a link to the Japanese publisher's website featuring the new novel, and mentioned that the Danish translation is coming soon - they're hoping the English translation will follow
- @Misfit hopes that the new novel will have a minimum of 800 pages, and @kiddash3r confirmed that it has 672 pages according to Amazon
- @cmjunk mentioned that they mostly read works by Dostoevsky, Murakami, and Vonnegut
- @Garcon asked if anyone has read "Novelist as a Vocation"
- @choosechoose is just starting "Kafka on the Shore" and is in the early pages
That's it for now! Enjoy your Murakami reads and keep the discussions going.
good bot
- Apr 30, 2023·edited·1 replyUIP
damn, Kafka on the Shore’s first 100 pages are way more enticing than those of the other two Murakami novels i’ve read
mfs getting mass hypnotized and talking to cats, but it’s all set in the real world lmaothis is my kind of s*** right here
can’t put this one down, already halfway through. loving the alternating POVs with one magical plot and one that’s more grounded (so far). Oshima and Hoshino are such great side characters. this novel doesn’t give me the same bleak, isolated feelings as Colorless Tsukuru and Commendatore did fairly often.
gunna finish it up in the next couple days, then start 1Q84
May 1, 2023has anyone read hard boiled wonderland? im confused because at the beginning of the book the main character says calcutecs work until they die, but later he explains his plans for retirement. am i misunderstanding something?
May 1, 2023·1 replyUIPcan’t put this one down, already halfway through. loving the alternating POVs with one magical plot and one that’s more grounded (so far). Oshima and Hoshino are such great side characters. this novel doesn’t give me the same bleak, isolated feelings as Colorless Tsukuru and Commendatore did fairly often.
gunna finish it up in the next couple days, then start 1Q84
kafka is hypnotic on so many levels
- May 1, 2023interstellarflyin2
kafka is hypnotic on so many levels
facts
coming up on the last 100 pages rn, this thing is feeling GOAT level
- May 1, 2023·1 reply
i’ve got Wind Up Bird & After Dark coming in (copped both for like $20 total, love shopping used). so after Kafka it’s 1Q84, then After Dark, then Wind Up.
very exciting, finding an author i enjoy enough to binge like this.
- May 2, 2023·1 replyUIP
i’ve got Wind Up Bird & After Dark coming in (copped both for like $20 total, love shopping used). so after Kafka it’s 1Q84, then After Dark, then Wind Up.
very exciting, finding an author i enjoy enough to binge like this.
I was too shook by Kafka to read another Murakami, might do wind up bird
- May 2, 2023·1 reply
just finished Kafka and WOW. what a masterful ending from the dude who’s known for abrupt, unsatisfying finales.
this novel was amazing, and the epitome of every description I’ve ever heard of Murakami and his works. he crossed boundaries here, but none of it was bothersome or in bad taste.
there’s so much i could say, but the way in which he’s able to weave such a complete and satisfying narrative out of such a unique structure, with the alternating POVs, tenses, and degrees of fantasy from chapter to chapter is so impressive.
onto 1Q84
