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Old 11-11-2011, 02:22 PM   #75
HappyMartin
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Have you read any other Haruki Murakami books HappyMartin? I think your finding "that the book flows" and keeps you thinking while still being mundane is the central feeling of most of his books. Somehow, his descriptions of a man cooking pasta then answering a phone, or a lady stuck in traffic and choosing to exit via highway ladder leads to mystery. The appearance of the two moons may have some deeper symbolism than the surface senses, but it seems that Murakami simply writes a tangled story with strange turns...but his characters react as most of us would if two moons appear...internal questioning or just simply carrying on with the routines of this strange world.
No I have not and I think you have put your finger on what I find so facinating about his writing. The mundane and how we can apply that to extraordinary things and keep going. I do intend trying more of his work. Cycling and work have temporarily stalled my reading at the moment.
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