Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage ~ Haruki Murakami

[chu_hi_reads]

It's a journey, it's loss, it's pure emotion. It's real, it's realism, and it's anything but colorless. The story of colorless Tsukuru Tazaki begins at the bottom, with heartbreak and abandonment, Tsukuru ("the builder," maker of train stations, the empty container) having lost his four colorful friends. From there he climbs upward but must endure

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[oonh]

Hee! And anyone can have that bookmark -- the image is fairly large, it's meant to be printed at 5x7 and cut into bookmark strips.

I've gotten into Japanese incense of late. Kyara/Aloeswood is a very appealing scent. Visit a zen garden while you're there!

I must be missing something

[nativeinformant]

I borrowed that same book (same version) from a friend and read it in Doha. I found it to be so underwhelmed and also a bit misogynist as the plot progressed. Maybe bc I had just read an amazing Amitav Ghosh novel right before? I dunno.

Re: I must be missing something

[chu_hi]

I think you just don't like Murakami. Didn't you say you read another of his and couldn't get into it?

Re: I must be missing something

[nativeinformant]

I looked him up , and no, I haven't read anything by him before. I was thinking of someone else I guess. I'll give him one more try - which book do you think I should read?

Re: I must be missing something

[chu_hi]

This book was representative of his fiction, so you might prefer his non-fiction. Underground is a collection of interviews he did with victims of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, as well as interviews with a few members of Aum Shinrikyo.