/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.550897]

Hey /lit/, it's my first time here. Anyway, I recently became a HUGE fan of Haruki Murakami. I'm devouring his books up when for a whole year I hadn't read at all. It's strange, all the other books seem generic and predictable compared to Murakami. He's like the Harry Potter of my teen years.

Any other Murakami fans out there?

[Anonymous No.550901]

>Murakami Haruki

No.

[Anonymous No.550902]

>It's strange, all the other books seem generic and predictable compared to Murakami.

6/10

[Anonymous No.550906]

wow, i didnt know this board was that horrible. im being serious here

[Anonymous No.550918]

>read murakami
Hipster status achievement - Unlocked!

[Anonymous No.550921]

>>550918
ahahahha oh fuck this board is full of shit sorry for have coming here

[Anonymous No.550922]

I gave one of his short stories collection to my weeabo younger brother. He hasn't read it yet and me neither, so I don't know if I should feel bad about feeding his fantasies.

[Anonymous No.550930]

/lit/ is slowly being taken over by you degenerate fuck faces who won't give up until this board is dead.

I fucking hate you all.

[Anonymous No.550937]

>>550921
There's nothing wrong with enjoying Murakami's work, hell, I liked Norweggian Wood.
The problem is when you think he's the best writer ever or you fail to notice and connect the dots to understand why mostly (almost)illiterate hipsters read him.
That proves you have read too little or you have read crap.

[Anonymous No.550939]

>>550930
remember when /it/ was just created? It turned pretty shitty rather quick

[Anonymous No.550947]

>>550930
>>550939
>hurr durr, things were so great back then
>more random nostalgia
>doing nothing to improve the board
>not realising that complaining about it is part of the problem

[Anonymous No.550949]

>>550937
i do not pay attention to the US's retarded social subcultures and such mainly because i don't live in the US and think subcultures and labels are retarded. what influenced me to read murakami was not because hipsters read him ( i literally had no idea). I read a book by coincidence, picking it up in a bookstore and i found out that he was the only author in a while who could keep my attention. it saddens me to see that his work is being used as mere commodity to be used by people looking to exemplify their image as a "hipster". fuck.

[Anonymous No.550953]

I only read "Hard-Boiled wonderland and the end of the world" from him. It was interesting but not nearly enough to praise him as some poeple here and in the media do. "Sputnik Sweetheart" lies somewhere around here too but I havn't started it yet. First I'll read Animal Farm and maybe "Walden" too before I start it.

[Anonymous No.550956]

>>550906
his short stories are actually quite good. read

Birthday Girl
The New York Mining Disaster
Nausea

[Anonymous No.550979]

>>550949
It's not reduced only to the US and I didn't mean his works are required items for a hipster.

Anyway, it's popular because it's a rather unusual read (he's Japanese, his stories take place in a strange country), his books are easy to read and he know which notes he needs to hit to keep the reader entertained.

But come on. What did you mean by "all the other books seem generic and predictable"? Which books were you referring to?

[Anonymous No.550987]

>>550979
>It's not reduced only to the US
Here in europe he is still unknown and mostly weeboos read his books. Which other countries are you talking about where he is known and read by hipsters?

[Anonymous No.550991]

Currently reading Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World because of /lit/. Loving it.

[Anonymous No.551009]

Was fortunate enough to find his Trilogy of the Rat and a few other copies of his rare English books not published outside of Japan when I was living there. Excellent stuff. His Japanese stuff is even crazier.

I appreciated his "SHI-DO-NI!" book, as I also am a Sydneysider. :)

[Anonymous No.551015]

He's definitely better in Japanese.
Heck, there are better 'magic realists' out there, but Murakami gets that "gingy depressive" feeling down pat.

[Anonymous No.551039]

>>550937
i'm 28 and have read at least 3 books a month since i was 18 and i love murakami. i read anything from classics to non-fiction and i try to pick a few authors from as many countries as i can.

fuck you.

[Anonymous No.551040]

Even in Japanese, his books just aren't that great.

[Anonymous No.551046]

Murakami Haruki is entry-level hipster lit, and if you disagree you're a hipster in denial.

[Anonymous No.551078]

>>550937
My taste > your taste

Never knew a mathematical formula existed to tell who has teh better taste

[Anonymous No.551087]

>>551039

>3 books a month

That is hardcore bro.

[Anonymous No.551182]

>>551039
So what? I didn't say you couldn't enjoy him or even love his style. But there's no way in hell he's an AWESOME writer, not the best writer, not even from Japan nor the magical realism genre.

>3 books a month
That's what I've read this week btw.

[Anonymous No.551183]

>>551182
>That's what I've read this week btw.
So?

I've read 3 books in the time it took me to read your post.

[Anonymous No.551185]

>>551182
Show me a formula on why he is not awesome

[Anonymous No.551192]

a lot of people in this thread are major tools. murakami is better than practically anyone else writing now.

[Anonymous No.551194]

>>551192
>implying you can accurately grade any work in this highly subjective field
dohohoho

[Anonymous No.551200]

>>551192
No he's not, and you should feel bad about yourself for thinking so.

[Anonymous No.551207]

>>551192
If Murakami were named Florgenberg you'd think he was just another hack writer of surrealism/magical realism. You'd probably call it shitty fantasy and hate anybody that read his books.

You're a weaboo and love anything out of Japan. It doesn't make it good. It doesn't make Murakami good.

[Anonymous No.551212]

>>551087
>>551182
the point wasn't who reads more you morons. it was that i've read more than a handful of books and i still enjoy murakami. i'm reading what i like because you aren't reading the shit for me. your always welcome to fuck off. OMG OPINIONS DIFFER.

[Anonymous No.551224]

>>551212
>implying I didn't say exactly that

[Anonymous No.551243]

>>551224
well good. i'm not complaining.

for all the haters. post authors you DO like and we'll see how they hold up. i'm sure you'll post a few good ones and maybe no bad ones but the odds are that i won't like everything you guys do.

[Anonymous No.551248]

>>551224
well good. then i'm not complaining.

for the rest of you i see typical /lit/ snobbery. op asks if murakami fans are out there. plenty of people going out of their way to say no.

fucking 4chan.

[Anonymous No.551263]

Since we're on Japanese lit, anyone here read Yasunari Kawabata? Not really a weeaboo, but his stories sound fascinating. Any thoughts?

[Anonymous No.551266]

TROLL TROLL IS TROLL

Everybody knows that Japanese people can't write. It's mechanically impossible what with their squinty eyes.

[Anonymous No.551294]

>>551192
>murakami is better than practically anyone else writing now.

Nope.

[Croaker !!DDgOIlOdqYI No.551317]

>>551263

Kawabata is great, though his style doesn't always come across well in translation (you can tell you're missing something with Snow Country).

Thousand Cranes is my personal favourite.

[Anonymous No.551325]

>>551294
>Dungeons and Dragons

How's that working out for you guy?

[Anonymous No.551327]

>>551317
I agree on the translation issue. The Japanese version has a feel to it that just doesn't work as well in English.

[Anonymous No.551328]

>>551325
Whoops, forgot my reaction image.

[Anonymous No.551337]

>>551328
>Whoops, forgot my reaction image.

Fixed. You'd know better if you'd read anything he's written.

[Anonymous No.551612]

>>551266
kenzaburo oe
ryunosuke akutagawa
natsume soseki
yukio mishima
kobo abe

you're stoopad