Comments on: A Wild Sheep Goose Chase.

By: Yumm

Yumm — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:15:55 +0000

I think it would have made more sense if he added a hairless bat to the storyline.

By: sz

sz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:02:20 +0000

Huge fan since ’96. My fav book is dance dance dance and hear the wind sing. Hear the wind sing is his initial attempt about boku and rat whom are enjoying their summer vacation and waiting to take their next step in life. It resonates with me perhaps I was reading it while waiting to go abroad to start my next chapter in life.

There is nothing to get from his writing other then knowing that he made daily mundane tasks sounded interesting. My fav is where he explains about cooking spaghetti in dance. Irked most about boris the human skinner in wind up bird. The easiest to read is Norwegian wood and the weirdest is end of the world for me.

I didn’t know there is a trilogy involved as dabido put it. I only know boku and rat was introduced at hear the wind sing, continued at wild sheep chase and finally at dance.

Forget about the target destination and focus on the scenery along the way. That’s how I enjoy murakami and life. hope it helps.

By: Ming

Ming — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:29:37 +0000

:) im a huuuuAGEee Murakami fan. He writes much of his books in a constant state of delusion (sometimes drunk) Not understanding and just letting the book take you where you “let” is half the fun.

Pinkpau may agree with me on that one :)

By: naeboo

naeboo — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:46:42 +0000

dabido>> i hate her coz she lied! only advertise what u have! no banana, dont crap! :P

plus, i think shes boring.

even plots from christopher pike is better.

By: Reta

Reta — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:08:44 +0000

murakami is great at letting his characters “talk” so sometimes it’s best to just go with flow and try not to rationalise anything. Hafta agree with pinkpau that norwegian wood is a great, soppy read. I also like south of the border (i see a trend on books with love relationship probs here). hehe. his stories can be pretty depressing so they make good reads during stormy nights. wink. don’t emo too long yea.

By: chipmunk

chipmunk — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:02:25 +0000

sometimes you find a bit of yourself in murakami’s books. my fave remains Kafka on the Shore :)

By: shaz

shaz — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:27:08 +0000

i only read After Dark by him..i did not understand the ending but its a great book.i red it like non stop. ;)

By: Dabido

Dabido — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:01:33 +0000

Naeboo – How can you hate Banana? It tastes so good! :-)
[Yes, yes, I know she's an author. She was on my Birthday list, my brother said the girl at the book store laughed when she heard the authors name.] :-)

By: naeboo

naeboo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:24:29 +0000

i dont get the need to read translated works. i think all literary works are best digested in their original languages. “best” being subjective.

it somehow feels “fake” coz u’d (me anyways) think those choices of words are not really his choice in the first language anyways. and some idioms/sayings are lost in translation

i hate banana yoshimoto.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:44:39 +0000

it’s also my least favorite although i really loved the ‘sequel’ to this book Dance Dance Dance. so you’re not alone.