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So has /lit/ got around to reading the new Murakami yet? Is it worth the time?

>> No.9543027

>>9543001
>So has /lit/ got around to reading the new Murakami yet?
Yes
>Is it worth the time?
No

>> No.9543047

>So has /lit/ got around to reading the new Murakami yet?
No
>Is it worth the time?
Yes

>> No.9543104

>>9543001
>So has /it/ got around to reading the new Murakami yet?
No
>Is it worth the time?
No

>> No.9543120

>So has /it/ got around to reading the new Murakami yet?
Maybe
>Is it worth the time?
Maybe

>> No.9543330

haha epic. pls put make sure to include me in the screencap so I can point myself out when I post on r/4chan.

Op what I've heard is that it's just more of the same Murakami. Think of the Murakami Bingo image and you'll have an idea. I havent gotten to it yet but Murakami is one of those easy comfort authors I read to pass the time so I'm looking forward to it.

>> No.9543344

>>9543330
>easy comfort authors
That's a pretty good description of his work.

>> No.9543353

>wasting time on Murakami

Just read one of his books if you really want and then you've read them all.

>> No.9543360

>>9543330
I too have not read this book, or any Murakami books for that matter, but I can tell you now that it is going to be very dull and full of cliches like all his other work that I have not read.

I would recommend to just skip this book altogether and read the superior Japanese author, Mishima, who I have also not read but know to be a masterful writer (particularly with Spring Snow and Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea, neither of which I have read and do not plan on reading in the foreseeable future).

>> No.9543382

>>9543360
I know this is bait but I have read Mishima and while he is superior, I still read Murakami because I'm not a fucking brainlet.

>> No.9543393

>>9543104
This.
>>9543360
I've actually read Mishima tho.

>> No.9543406

>>9543360
What percentage of /lit/ does this represent?

Like... 95%?

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9543426

>>9543001
FTFY

>> No.9543427

>>9543406
95% sounds pretty generous. Most posts on this board fail to even grasp a shallow understanding of the books they discuss. I've been guilty of this in the past too, though.

>> No.9543433

>>9543360
This post inspires me to write a copypasta suggesting that Tsukasa Fushimi is the superior Japanese author just to see if I can get someone to parrot the opinion.

>> No.9543480

>>9543001
I read Norwegian Wood and I will never waste my time with Murakami ever again. The book didn't deserve to be published. Its "The Fault in Our Stars" from Japan. Please don't post these threads.

>> No.9543488

>Japanese """""literature"""""

You'd honest to God be better off reading manga. But I'm sure /co/ would prove that even that is derivative. The Japanese haven't had a single original and creative thought in 2000 years.

>> No.9543499

>>9543488
You're very wrong, but I don't care to argue with you in a fun meme thread. Though I would agree that there is manga out there that is way better than Murakami.

>> No.9543620

>>9543480
Picked the wrong book, 'kafka on the shore' is a masterpiece. Only reason I really started this thread was my love for that story.

>> No.9543719

>>9543620
Agreed, Kafka on the Shore is great, my first entry to his stuff as well.

>> No.9543740

>>9543499
>he's wrong
>implying Soseki isn't bland as fuck
>implying No Longer Human isn't just another work on PTSD
>implying you actually know japanese to talk about Akutagawa's prose
>implying Tale of Genji isn't behind every western epic including Orlando Innamorato, The Lusiads and even I Juca Pirama

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9544783

>>9543360

>> No.9544810

>>9543001
I did, and it was great. Murakami is crypto-patrician

>> No.9544831

>>9543480
Norwegian Wood is Murakami's worst by a long way, which is also why it's the most popular

>> No.9545710

Read Kafka on the Shore awhile back. I enjoyed the hell out of it. Can't say the prose was very impressive (or at all) but the plot was so fun to read

I also enjoyed the parallels between Ozeki's novel "A Tale for the Time Being" as it's full of references from KOTS

>> No.9545716

>>9543740
Mishima, BITCH

>> No.9546146

he peaked with dansu dansu dansu, fuck everything after that

>> No.9546344

> Is it worth the time?
I thought so. If you enjoy Murakami then you'll enjoy Men Without Women. For the most part its standard Murakami, with a few minor deviations (none of which I found particularly successful). Kino, Independent Organ and Men Without Women probably stood out as my favourites of the collection.

> Is it worth the money?
Not if you live in Australia... The collection will only take a few hours to read at most.

>> No.9546824

>>9546344
wheres that Oxford comma, my guy?

>> No.9546835

>>9543001
hahaha you thought that /lit/ actually reads? get out