Rating: - Not his best
I've read most of Murakami's literature, and loved it all. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but this one was kind of disappointing. It lacked the detached view of the action that highlights much of Murakami's writing. While much of his writing is done in the first person, there is always a certain detachment in that voice, a feeling of being swept along with the speaker. After Dark evokes none of those feelings. And the surreal moments feel forced, almost like a screenplay, rather than actual ... Read More
Rating: - After Talking
After Dark gathers narrative logic as it goes: random events coalesce into contingencies, contingencies shape characters, characters search for selves beyond the contingent and random world they find themselves in. Heartbreaking in the simplicity of its language, After Dark is composed of vast stretches of dialog. Within those stretches we come to understand the courage, vulnerability, and transformative power of human speech. Intentional, social, and dynamic, "talking," in Murakami's masterful depiction, ... Read More
Rating: - After Talking
After Dark gathers narrative logic as it goes: random events coalesce into contingencies, contingencies shape characters, characters search for selves beyond the contingent and random world they find themselves in. Heartbreaking in the simplicity of its language, After Dark is composed of vast stretches of dialog. Within those stretches we come to understand the courage, vulnerability, and transformative power of human speech. Intentional, social, and dynamic, "talking," in Murakami's masterful depiction, ... Read More
Rating: - Train Kept A-Not-Rollin'
"After Dark", by Haruki Murakami, is the most recent work by this fascinating novelist available in English. Murakami's signature is all over the novel though his entrancing and effortless prose coupled with new and experimental elements of narration and story time-line. Of course he adds his signature reference to music, and if you happen to know the songs he references, the musical score continuously plays in the background. The action takes place over a seven hour period from just before midnight through ... Read More
Rating: - My first Murakami. Very pleased.
After hearing about The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, I had been wanting to read Murakami, and came across After Dark in a thrift store. Since it was one of his lower reviewed books on Amazon I didn't know what to expect, but I was very pleased. Murakami is for the most part easy to read, and the language, even though it is translated, flows beautifully. A good portion of the book is dialogue (very good dialogue) and gives a great insight into a culture I hardly understand. The novel is a quick read, it's full of loose ... Read More
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