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1999146 No.1999146 [Reply] [Original]

My friends are suggesting that I read this author, however my friends consist of pretentious hipsters and quasi-autistic weaboos.

So give it to me straight, /lit/.

Is Haruki Murakami worth reading?

Or is he just another vapid pop-writer?

>> No.1999164

Vapid.

>> No.1999165

we're your real friends

>> No.1999180
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1999180

great book, good film.

>> No.1999187
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1999187

>>1999180
>>1999180
seconded.

just read him and stop worrying about being a hipster or a weaboo.

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1999192

>>1999187

I'm not worried about becoming one, I'm worried about trusting one.

So Norwegian Wood is his best work?

>> No.1999193

>>1999187
Being a weeaboo is bad, though.

>> No.1999198

Can we not say he is a good, yet vapid, pop-writer?

But whatever teh case may be I really enjoy Murukami and I am neither hipster, nor an autistic weeaboo.
I'd recommend him to almost anyone with a vague interest, so I'd say go for it.
What's the worst that happens, you lose a few pound and a copule of hours. That's not that big a deal.

>> No.1999199

>>1999192
I would just day that it's the most linear and accessible of his works. Not to say that he is a difficult writer to understand, it's just that many of his other works are fantastical and border the edges of that ambiguous realm of "realism", so NW would probably be best if you wanted to take a dip into his world, but not just dive head first.

>> No.1999201

>>1999192
I'd argue that Wind-up Bird is, but Norwegian Wood is the most accessable and realist of his works. It differs from the rest however.

>> No.1999202

>>1999199
say
>fix'd

>>1999198
this is a fair statement. he is definitely "poppy" but still really enjoyable

>> No.1999215

if you don't like pop-writers, don't read him.

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1999220

ok thanks, i'll buy a copy of his books next time i'm in town.

>> No.1999229

Most of his books are average, but worth reading. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle was great.