Literaire Lente 2007 -- Haruki Murakami

[darkon4431]

I don't think haruki try to describe real characters, he is an author, not a sociologist. I think he cares for the history and how to drive it, characters are not essential, often superficials, void, empty. The matter is far in the spirit, not showen, so he can manage some surreal vision of being, beside the true, very far from evidence.

[KafkaCrow]

Murakami writes beautifully.

[MirageMC]

Answer for Bryuko:

I don't know why Murakami talks always about strange women. U can find a strage woman in every novel he write. In Norwegian Wood there are a lot of strange woman with different kind of thinking, different age, different views of life. Ryoko, Midori, Naoko. They're strange from each other. Strange from the entire world.

[manatsunoshi]

perhaps because men percieve women as strange beings and vice versa, i think ^_^

[bryuko]

I think there are only a couple women that reappear in ever novel he writes. They are based off real women in his life at various ages. (I know I'm being presumptious, but who cares?)

By the way: I'm not bashing Murakami. He could write the same novel over and over again and it would still be better than any other current fiction out there.

Fiction is supposed to evoke emotion. Murakami's fiction does that. End of critique.

[annadziewanna]

Maybe for you there are strange woman,but I found a big's fragment myself in theses stories and characters of womans.I was laughing and crying of them, I was surprice that writer from another culture can so good understand woman, psychice and my strange thinking about reality,life,everything..

[MirageMC]

Yes, I'm agree with you :)

(Kano sisters are the best and they make me laugh so much XD)

[annadziewanna]

hm,my english is from emotions,too;) women,of course.Most writer's are write for everybody,now.Must be as Haruki who is for only a couple-it's an interesting- a couple and milions histery's and popularities in Japan...

[fullonrice]

hmm bryuko does have a point... but he is a male author so he has to write about what he is most familiar with...

[bryuko]

Murakami writes about his cock a little too much--like Michael Jackson always grabs his--but otherwise he is one facinating writer. I love his prose and similies. Weird humor. Surreal situations. Oh, but why is he always drooling over underage girls in his stories? That's kinda creepy. Still my favorite author right now though.

[friendsofthefruitsof]

you ought to try Abe Kobo for a real ride.

[baco1111]

Haruki Murakami is fantastic!!!he´s far away from all others...Isabel Allende too. (My opinion...jejeje)

[friendsofthefruitsof]

poor choice of writers. Lets all praise Isabelle Allende too!

[vincent10kd]

dude, just shut up, or try write a book as good as his.