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Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
It would be safe to say that I do have a bit of an uneasy relationship with Murakamiβs work. I read and was not blown away by it. Over the last couple of months, I have picked up several of his short story collections but never felt compelled to finish them. The main reason why…
1990s, 1st pov, Adult, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, Dreams, existentialism, f/f, feverish, first love, Greece, hallucinations, Haruki Murakami, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, male authors, men who do not seem to know how to write women, missing persons, missing women, My reviews, obsession, philosophical, published in 1999, read in 2022, reading, ROMANCE, sapphic, sex, SEXUALITY, Sputnik Sweetheart, story within a story, surreal, teachers, TRANSLATED FICTION, travel, unrequited love -
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Having heard a lot about the genius of Murakami over the years I was excepting something a bit more out of After Dark, a novel which, at the risk of incurring the wrath of Murakami aficionados, failed to captivate me. Credit where credit’s due, Murakami certainly knows how to create and maintain a certain…
2000s, 3 STARS, Adult, After Dark, books that take place in one day, Contemporary, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), Dreams, feverish, Haruki Murakami, incest-y, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, LITERARY FICTION, MAGICAL REALISM, male authors, men who do not seem to know how to write women, musicians, navel gazing, prostitution, published in 2004, read in 2021, SISTERS, style over character, stylised prose, surreal, TRANSLATED FICTION
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