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A "dreamlike and compelling” tour de force (Chicago Tribune)—an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan’s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II.
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"Dreamlike and compelling.... Murakami is a genius." (Chicago Tribune)
“Mesmerizing.... Murakami’s most ambitious attempt yet to stuff all of modern Japan into a single fictional edifice.” (The Washington Post Book World)
“A significant advance in Murakami’s art ... a bold and generous book.” (The New York Times Book Review)
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- iPちゃん
- 2019-10-02
One woman narrator more would be better
I don't like he plays the women’s voice, especially the little girl’s. That makes me feel wired all the time.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-04-08
Mixed feelings
I am not sure what to think about this book. Some of the stories inside were extremely powerful and interesting. Some seamed weird. I might just not be able to see the bigger picture. I definitely learnt some stuff from it.
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- Owen Willis
- 2020-04-03
My first Murakami
My first Murakami did not disappoint. Thank you Patti Smith. Not my usual literary genre but it was engaging, if at times disturbing. Fortunately funny too. Enjoyed the narration— especially Okada and May Kisahara.
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- Zed G.
- 2019-03-24
Performance ruined it for me
Regret so much my decision to persist through this narrative torture... ‘Acting’, obnoxious voicing of female characters... Murakami did not deserve this. Rupert.... never again
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-19
Haruki is Great
A while back I read 1Q84, and was intrigued, so I decided to see if the quality of the writing was still good in his early career. It definitely is. I particularly enjoy the narration in this recording. The VO is distinct and I think adds a lot to each of the characters voice lines. I would recommend for anyone interested in Japanese literature. #Audible1
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- Austin
- 2019-04-29
Good book, performance questionable
Interesting story. some of the voice choices perturbed me, hence the low score for the performance. just a personal preference perhaps.
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- Emerset Farquharson
- 2020-08-18
I have nothing to add to this Magnum Opus
I will be revisiting this novel. It's almost like the undercurrent of the non verbalized thoughts that you may or may not be aware of.
As someone who has never read a Murakami, I could not think of a better introduction to his books than this recording of this story.
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- Reza
- 2020-07-13
Haruki Murakami style at the best!
I listened to this book while working , it is a long novel. Took me almost 2 months. it is entertaining and mind boggling at the same time.
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- Harley
- 2022-09-18
It's good. Read it.
I've read several Murakami books, but not all yet. So far, this is definitely my favorite. Highly recommend. Interesting and weird as usual. The narrator is bad at female voices, but it's not a big deal - kind of funny.
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- Timothy, Toronto, ON.
- 2024-01-12
Many story lines that come together. May Kasahara’s voice is fine!
First of all a comment on the narrator’s voicing of May Kasahara’s. Her voice is strange but so is May. She’s an irreverent 17 year old, who asks lots of annoying questions and has hair brained ideas. She’d flakey but endearing. It took me awhile to get used to her voice, but as her personality becomes familiar, the tone of her voice seems exactly right for her character. Now for the story. Like most of Murakami’s work, the story develops through multiple story lines that seem unrelated at first. Gradually, the connections emerge and everything begins to make sense, sort of. There isn’t’ enough space here to map out the story but it ‘s heartbreaking, funny, historically complex, shockingly violent and somewhat erotic. As in many of Murakami’s novels his female characters are very striking and interesting. He’s clearly fond of women and gives them great authority and influence. As usual, there’s a cat mixed up in the story line. Unfortunately, he ‘s not a talking cat. Darn! His talking cats are priceless.
To sum up, I enjoyed this book, the narration, in my opinion, is first rate.
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