That's welcome news!
Type: Posts; User: Bev Vincent
That's welcome news!
I read it as a single book -- I enjoyed it. Here's my review from back in the day.
That was my first with him. A great introduction to his work.
Interestingly, he started writing Wind in English, which helped him find his style via his limited English vocabulary and straightforward sentence structure. He then transformed the English sections...
Yep -- they're quite short. Together, about 150 pages.
I just downloaded an eGalley of Wind/Pinball, which combines two early novellas by Haruki Murakami
I have an eGalley of his network e. Can't wait to read it.
A quote that might pique your interest: "It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But...
I think people are calling it his magnum opus simply because of its length. I don't think I'd consider it his greatest work ever -- but it certainly an ambitious, fascinating, perplexing, puzzling...
The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami
100 pages to go -- fascinating novel.
Even cooler.
Excellent -- thanks. Will transfer to my iPad to read later.
I haven't read that one. I think we'll all be prejudiced in favor of the work that got us hooked on him -- The Wind-up Bird Chronicles in my case, which I always recommend to people.
That was the first of his books that I read -- and I was hooked.
I was very pleased to hear about this a couple of weeks ago -- Murakami is one of my favorites.