Tokyo Decadence: 15 Stories

from jnwelch

Japanese author Ryu Murakami has published a number of novels in the U.S. like In the Miso Soup and Audition. We have translator Ralph McCarthy to thank for this collection of 15 Murakami stories taken from various collections. It appears to gather many of his "greatest hits" from 1986 - 2003, an...

from PhoenixTerran

Ryu Murakami is a fairly prolific and multi-talented creator. In addition to being an author, he is also a filmmaker and has been involved in the music industry as well. Several of Murakami's novels have been translated into English, many of them by Ralph McCarthy, including Audition and Popular ...

from SqueakyChu

The stories in this collection are entertaining and striking. Be forewarned that some characters are truly dark and seamy, and there is graphic violence against women. There is enough to offend anyone, but the stories are very well told. All the characters are colorful individuals, true to contem...

from amanda4242

Murakami's In the Miso Soup was one of my favorite reads last year, so I was overjoyed when I won a copy of Tokyo Decadence. The 15 stories in the collection explore people on the fringes of polite society; I found them at times sad, occasionally funny, and often touching. Yes, there are depictio...

from starrywisdom

I discovered Ryu Murakami by accident. A friend purchased "Coin Locker Babies" for me knowing that I loved Murakami. Up to that point I had only read Haruki Murakami and was surprised by the writing of Ryu Murakami. Gone was the magical realism of Haruki and in its place I found the street-level ...