I'm almost done with this book. It's really a very interesting read, but there's so much weird crap that happens, I wish I had started this thread sooner to see if anyone out there was reading it or had read it so we could discuss it. I'm a little concerned that when it's through I'm not going to be able to conect all the dots.
I know JKF had read it (see below). Anyone else?
I know JKF had read it (see below). Anyone else?
jkf296 said:Started "the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami this evening....
... I finished Wind-Up Bird Chronicle a while back, also by him. It was kind of hard to follow along - it was a surreal novel with alot of weird characters. But I enjoyed it. He is a good story teller. The theme that he has so far is that people let things happen to them. I don't know if this is prevalent in Japanese culture, but it is kind of against what my beliefs are. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle really reminds alot of Albert Camus' L’étranger, The Stranger, in an ecclectic sense, and has a similar tale telling. Toru, the main character remids me of a Japanese version of Meursault.