I'm reading 'Dance Dance Dance' by Haruki Murakami, one of my favourite writers. He's a Japanise but is interested in American literature so his work is modern and popular among young readers. It's very easy to read his books; no long difficult sentences, no endless chapters, no too much characters. And they're sooo interesting. Each book is like a puzzle. There's a mistery that needs to be solved, but the reader can't really do it coz not all elements of the book are real. There's a fantasy world, like a metaphor, but still normal to those characters in the book. Intriguing.
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Murakami's books are so beautiful because they're wise, eye-opening and stimulating. He criticizes modern society, the lack of purposeful life and the simple joys, human interrelationships. This is all accomplished through interesting (we'd say weird) characters and events.
Some quotes I've written down:
"In this world there are things you can only do alone and things you can only do with somebody else." ('After Dark')
"...playing really creatively (...) You send the music deep enough into your heart so that it makes your body undergo a kind of a physical shift, and simultaneously the listener's body also undergoes the same kind of physical shift. It's giving birth to that kind of shared state." ('After Dark')
"I live my life, you live yours. If you're clear about what you want, then you can live anyway you please. I don't give a damn what people say. They can be reptile food for all I care." ('Dance Dance Dance')
More about the author: www.murakami.ch
All pics found on Google.
Can't wait to finish the book. But then again, I don't want it to end.
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