Author: Haruki Murakami
DOP: 1997
This book is amazing! I found it at a book store two days ago, after seeing it on display and remembering that a friend of mine read it and highly recommended it. At first I was a bit skeptical, I had read one of this author's earlier books, and although I liked it alright, it wasn't great. However, this is one the best books I have read in a very long time. I've only had it three days and I've already read 128 pages, which may not seem like that much, but is a lot for me. The book follows the story of a 30ish year old man living in Tokyo named Toru Okada. It describes his life including his disenchanted marriage, the quitting of his job, and the search for his lost cat. There is a strong element of mystery involved in the book that causes the reader to question and examine each characters' motives and behaviors. Also present is a sense of the super natural. Several characters have some vague psychic abilities and are able to tell the future in some way or another. There's also a haunted house which seems to hold the answer to many of the books mysteries. The Japanese culture that gets infused into the book also makes it a very interesting read. So far this is shaping up to be an amazing book with a very strong story line and well developed characters.
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Murikami (sp?) is on the AP Lit list--different book--and one of my current students REALLY loves him. Let me know if you want to connect with this person--he's done a directed study in Japanese literature this semester.
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