Haruki Murakami

A few years ago, someone on IRC discovered Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami and went around recommending everyone in the channel to it.  I made note to download an ebook version of it but gave up after a while.

This summer while I was in HK, I was browsing in a book store and came across a rather odd titled book.  It was called "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World."  Read a few pages into it convinced me to get the book and after finishing it, I bought book from the same author, Haruki Murakami.

Eventualy, as I was searching for more books by him, I came across Norwegian Wood again and bought it instantly (actually, I buy all Murakami books I encoutner instantly now).  A bit over the top but quite enjoyable.  He has a bit of lofty way of storytelling and makes otherwise boring situations interesting.  Especially his dialogue, they're odd but never stagnant.

I'm a pretty big fan of Murakami now but just wondering, of the more Japanese culture-influenced 4chan population, has anyone else heard or read of this books?  What do you think of him?

>>79
He misspelled phonetically, and using English phonetics to boot.

>>79
well of course i'm going to take being called retarded personally because it's a personal attack.
rather than break my argument, you instead chose to malign my intelligence.
that you've changed tack now and focused on the content of my hypothesis is a positive move on your part, so lets stick to that.

you reckon it's ridiculous to posit that because he mispells words, that he is an english speaker.
i disagree.

granted that if we took this fact in isolation, it would indicate nothing more than someone who has heard english spoken rather than seen it written down, so he could be either a foreign national who has heard it on tv or a native english speaker with a similar experience.
but we are not viewing this in isolation from the context.
 
we are reading the words of someone who lurks /book/, who addresses an audience of "nay-sayers" without reason and who can generally be seen to employ idioms of western culture, (as convoluted and nonsensical as his message is).

tl;dr dood talks mad in english

I've read HBW and Wild Sheep Chase. I'm not really like Murakami's main characters, but I get so drawn into his books that it's like having an out of body experience. When I finish I have to just walk around and recover.

Anyways, I'm posting because I think that reading Murakami is like watching Wong Kar-wai. Does anyone know what I mean by this? Any recommendations for similar things to read or watch?

こないだ読んでみたけどそこまで面白いとは思わなかったなー
ここで語られるってことは相当評価高いんだね

http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/o/8538

Wasn't the Norwegian Blue a parrot?

was, because ceased to be, now it is an ex-parrot

He is also one of my favourite author. I've recently finished reading 1Q84 and I've gotta say, this was pretty impressive. At first I thought it was gonna be kind of odd to follow two stories at once, but then you start realising how both are connecting together as you go along. Very impressive work. This guy is a genius.

>>86
beautiful plumage.

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