Half a weekend and some philosophy
After at least a couple of years I think I must have read a book in one go.
Sputnik Sweetheart may not be Haruki Murakami's best novel, but it is definitely among the better ones I've read.
Check out the blurb on the back cover here to see what's it about. The plot is not where the brilliance of the story lies but with the story teller. The way Murakami highlights out various aspects of ordinary, nay, less than ordinary life, has a certain charm. I liked the collection of individual insights through the narrative more than than the overall story.
At one time the narrator says to the protagonist: "... the earth doesn't creak and groan its way around the sun just so human beings can have a good time and a chuckle".
And reading this made me wonder: what is the point of the earth creaking and groaning its way around the sun if human beings can't have a good time and a chuckle! ;-)
There is another little vignette about being alert and calm which was very appreciable.
I will probably go this week and get me another one of his books.
Sputnik Sweetheart may not be Haruki Murakami's best novel, but it is definitely among the better ones I've read.
Check out the blurb on the back cover here to see what's it about. The plot is not where the brilliance of the story lies but with the story teller. The way Murakami highlights out various aspects of ordinary, nay, less than ordinary life, has a certain charm. I liked the collection of individual insights through the narrative more than than the overall story.
At one time the narrator says to the protagonist: "... the earth doesn't creak and groan its way around the sun just so human beings can have a good time and a chuckle".
And reading this made me wonder: what is the point of the earth creaking and groaning its way around the sun if human beings can't have a good time and a chuckle! ;-)
There is another little vignette about being alert and calm which was very appreciable.
I will probably go this week and get me another one of his books.