Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

from figre

I have only two favorite authors listed in my profile. One is Harlan Ellison - and I entered his name fully aware of the body of his work. The second is Haruki Murakami, and his inclusion may have represented more of a leap of faith. I had read some of his books, was consistently floored, so adde...

from PghDragonMan

Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is another unclassifiable novel from literary surrealist, Haruki Murakami. As with a previous surrealistic experience from this author, Kafka on the Shore, you just need to go with it and let the book unfold in your mind. The closest comparison I ca...

from maralee

Die Bücher von Murakami und dieses Buch ganz besonders faszinieren mich immer wieder. Inhaltlich handelt es sich nämlich um genau die Art von Büchern die ich eigentlich überhaupt nicht mag. Trotzdem schafft es Murakami immer wieder, dass ich bis jetzt jedes seiner Bücher geliebt habe. Bei diesem ...

from brleach

This is probably the best book I've ever read. It has layers upon layers that can be woven together, unraveled, and examined. The two stories fit together nearly perfectly - and the curious, apparent inconsistencies are fruitful to contemplate. The questions it raises about the nature of the self...

from jkwouden

My favorite Murakami novel. Poetic and hallucinogenic at the same time, the protagonist whose job is being a 'dreamreader' carries data locked in his head, but, unlike William Gibson's cyberpunk novel Johnny Mnemonic, the secrets are accessible, encoded in a subconscious dream-world, 'the town', ...