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Remember my thread from about two weeks ago where I said I didn’t wanna live anymore, probably not but here’s an update from me. I was told to hold off death because of the upcoming Tao lin book. So I went to the library the next day and picked up “Taipei” to see what this is all about. I also got Murakami’s “Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki”. I read some of “Taipei” and liked the plot and characters but I didn’t enjoy the prose so I dropped it. Then I got into the Murakami book and it get like I was reading my biography. Have any of you read it? I think a lot of you would relate to it but for me, the mc had my age, school year, degree, and life situation so it was trippy.

>> No.16349287

>>16349264
I've only read 1q84 by murakami. His prose was quaint and comfy. He was great at describing the dull qualities of life with only the littlest of amusement, like the feeling of things being only slightly better than the dull repetitive pain of existing.

>> No.16349741

I liked Murakami a lot in highschool. Its definitely geared towards younger men, but it is quite comfy. I'd recommend The Wind up Bird Chronicle (I think its his best) because it was what really got me into reading again after not doing so for many years. His type of magical realism was done better by authors such as Marquez however. If you want life-affirming lit that is very well written, definitely go for Garcia Marquez.

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>>16349264
You need to read Leave Society, anon

>> No.16349756

>>16349752
It's been released?

>> No.16349774

>>16349756
>leavesociety.blogspot.com

>> No.16349820

I didn't especially like Tsukuru but I definitely understand feeling an affinity for Murakami. His protagonists are almost always at a directionless point of their life (sort of like they are at a crossroads but except in very rare cases they don't feel particularly strongly about it) and cut off from those they once used to be close to. There are a lot of times he is a bit too obsessed with sex or a bit too keen to make references to things he enjoys, but there is something there that not a lot of other authors explore very often.

I'd recommend reading the Trilogy of the Rat next. The first two books aren't excellent but they are short and they make the third (A Wild Sheep Chase) and fourth (Dance Dance Dance) work a lot better. You can also branch out from Murakami by reading a lot of authors that influenced him (he helps you out here by referencing them all the time). Somerset Maugham has a sort of similar tone, with fatalism and a general pessemism towards humanity playing often featuring but not in ways that feel dramatic or overbearing. Raymond Chandler is another good bet, Dance Dance Dance feels quite similar to The Long Goodbye.

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>>16349774
comfy blog

>> No.16350085

>>16350059
Meganposter is starting to scare me. Please don't hurt her.

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>>16350085
>Meg

>> No.16350151

>>16349264
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is really good. Don't read 1Q84. Killing Commendatore is better. South of the Border, West of the Sun might also be to your liking. I've read most of Murakamis catalogue. Men without Women is pretty good too. It's a short story collection. Murakamis is like a step above Stephen King desu. He's a prolific pop culture writer but he's a bit less of a hack.