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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Auteur(s): Haruki Murakami
Narrateur(s): Kirby Heyborne
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 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness.

“Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a hyperkinetic novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind. Fantastique Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Magique Magical Realism Fiction

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Ce que les critiques en disent

“Murakami’s bold willingness to go straight over the top [is] a signal indication of his genius . . . a world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks.” –The Washington Post Book World

“He has become the foremost representative of a new style of Japanese writing: hip, cynical, highly stylized, set at the juncture of cyberpunk, postmodernism, and hard-boiled detective fiction. . . . Murakami [is] adept at deadpan wit, outrageous style.” –Los Angeles Times Magazine

“Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.” –Philadelphia Inquirer

“Rich in action, suspense, odd characters and unexpected trifles . . . [a] provocative work.” –The Atlantic

“Murakami’s gift is for ironic observations that hint at something graver. . . . He is wry, absurd, and desolate.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review

“[A] mix of American fun and Japanese dread.” –Esquire

“An intertwining DNA model of seemingly contrary elements . . . a combination of Kafka’s castle, Borges’s library, and the Prisoner’s TV village.” –Village Voice Literary Supplement

“Off the wall . . . hilariously bizarre . . . splendid . . . a remarkable book . . . Alfred Birnbaum . . . has captured the crazed, surreal feel of Murakami’s Japanese.” –The Times (London)

“His novels . . . are set on fast-forward: raucous, slangy, irreverent.” –Details
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January 2022 | 4/5
Blending a cerebral sci-fi thriller and a whimsical fantasy (with plenty of unicorns), Murakami has outdone himself. Through alternating chapters and beginning with Hard-Boiled Wonderland, we have a story of corporate espionage staring a Calcutec - a human data processor (computer) who is tasked with encryption for a deranged scientist .

The other story, The End Of The World, features a young man who arrives at a walled city with life altering decisions to make. We catch up with him in his new role as a Dreamreader - his task, to remove the town's consciousness listening to unicorn skulls.

Unlikely as it is, the stories do converge masterfully and if you hadn't been picking up the clues, it's laid out explicitly for the reader.

So I thought the end was a bit of a limp noodle - lacking tension, though that may be a translation issue.

The way women are described and used in the story is quite dated.

This was fun, comfy and twisty, with a lovely romance (or two).

Unicorns

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If you have never experienced Marukame before, this is an all right book to start with. This is one of those books you want to read more than once. The first time I ever read this book I thought it was a very strange fantasy and it was a little tricky to follow at first.
Then I decided to download it on audible and everything change for me. I know I listen to this almost every night before I go to bed in no random order whatsoever. It’s a beautiful story, tragic and surreal.

If you’ve read him before, you will understand Why this narrator does an amazing job with his soft voice. It’s very fitting to the story, calm and relaxing when I needs to be

Marukami forever

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Really loud, grating piano music at the beginning of some chapters that goes on for way too long. No idea why that decision was made.

Great, but..

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The voice acting is mostly monotone, with barely any variation between characters, emotions and settings. Everything blends together in a wall of blah, which is a shame because the setting seemed a lot more interesting.
Sadly the story isn't much better; while it starts with an interesting premise, the characters are your typical power fantasy hero where every woman they meet swoon to his feet, everyone compliments them on how smart or skilled they are, and they are immediately good at everything they do.
The book features frequent fetishization of obesity bordering obsession, odd translations, and constant monologuing.

Bland at best.

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