…an English translation of Pinball, 1973 in a bookshop there. It was a Kodansha imprint, for English learners I think. Anyway, I'd already read a number of Murakami books by that time (Wild Sheep Chase, Dance, Dance, Dance and Wind-up Bird Chronicle), and enjoyed them so I snapped it up. It was an ok read but far from his best (which for me, still remains Wind-up Bird Chronicle). Later, I researched that Kodansha edition…
I own pretty much everything Murakami has ever written, including his non-fiction, and while I enjoy them all, Dance Dance Dance might be my favorite. I also never see anyone recommend it, which seems odd to me. An old hotel elevator that opens to a void where the Sheep Man waits for you. It's utterly bizarre. I love it. Norwegian…
…me to pick a book up. I doesn't matter what was blurbed, but gives the idea that the book is something adjacent to ideas and topics and style of Gibson. Actually, the quote on the cover of Murakami's Dance Dance Dance lead me to consider, and buy the book: "If Raymond Chandler had lived long enough to see Blade Runner, he might have written something like Dance Dance Dance" -- The Observer. Now, I don't think that's…
…a bookshelf somewhere. My wife is a big Murakami fan and I've read almost all of them. I will make that the next one on my fiction reading list, thanks! I particularly enjoyed A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance, whereas my wife loves Kafka on the Shore (which I didn't like). Funny that...
Long time Murakami fun here, have read all his books and recently re-read the Rat Trilogy (Wild Sing + Pinball, A Wild Sheep Chase, Dance Dance Dance). I agree that there is indeed repetitiveness in his most recent work but I still find a lot of his work insightful and somewhat relatable. One of the best imo ranking of his work can be found in [0]. [0]https://www.reddit.com/r/murakami/comments/3q28p4/to_those_w...
…its over-the-top portrayals of the most infantile and socially dysfunctional aspects of the tech start-up culture are eerily on the mark. Six years later, as a code monkey, I read a book about Japan, "Dance Dance Dance" by Haruki Murakami - whose early 90's Tokyo of excess parallels the surrealness of Silicon Valley. The male protagonist is a disaffected Japanese advertising executive in his late 20's who have lost…
……在那儿的一家书店看到了一本《1973年的弹子球》的英译本。是讲谈社出的，我觉得是给英语学习者看的。不管怎样，我那时已经读过村上的好几本书了（《寻羊冒险记》、《舞！舞！舞！》和《奇鸟行状录》），而且都很喜欢，于是果断买下了。读起来还行，但远算不上他的最佳作品（对我来说，他的巅峰依然是《奇鸟行状录》）。后来，我去查了下讲谈社那个版本……
…an English translation of Pinball, 1973 in a bookshop there. It was a Kodansha imprint, for English learners I think. Anyway, I'd already read a number of Murakami books by that time (Wild Sheep Chase, Dance, Dance, Dance and Wind-up Bird Chronicle), and enjoyed them so I snapped it up. It was an ok read but far from his best (which for me, still remains Wind-up Bird Chronicle). Later, I researched that Kodansha edition…
村上写过的东西我几乎全收了，包括他的非虚构作品。虽然我都挺喜欢，但《舞！舞！舞！》可能是我最爱的一本。而且我从没见过有人推荐它，这让我觉得挺奇怪的。老旧的酒店电梯打开是一片虚空，羊男就在那儿等着你。简直离奇至极。我超爱。《挪威……
I own pretty much everything Murakami has ever written, including his non-fiction, and while I enjoy them all, Dance Dance Dance might be my favorite. I also never see anyone recommend it, which seems odd to me. An old hotel elevator that opens to a void where the Sheep Man waits for you. It's utterly bizarre. I love it. Norwegian…
……让我拿起了这本书。腰封上写了什么并不重要，重要的是它让人感觉这本书在理念、题材和风格上与 Gibson 比较接近。其实，村上《舞！舞！舞！》封面上的一句引言让我考虑并最终买了这本书：“如果雷蒙德·钱德勒活得足够久，看过了《银翼杀手》，他可能会写出类似《舞！舞！舞！》这样的作品。”——《观察家报》（The Observer）。不过现在我觉得这倒也未必……
…me to pick a book up. I doesn't matter what was blurbed, but gives the idea that the book is something adjacent to ideas and topics and style of Gibson. Actually, the quote on the cover of Murakami's Dance Dance Dance lead me to consider, and buy the book: "If Raymond Chandler had lived long enough to see Blade Runner, he might have written something like Dance Dance Dance" -- The Observer. Now, I don't think that's…
……某个书架上的某处。我妻子是村上的铁粉，而我也几乎把他的书全读过了。我会把这本放进我虚构类书单的下一本，多谢！我特别喜欢《寻羊冒险记》和《舞！舞！舞！》，而我妻子最爱《海边的卡夫卡》（我倒是不太感冒）。挺有意思的……
…a bookshelf somewhere. My wife is a big Murakami fan and I've read almost all of them. I will make that the next one on my fiction reading list, thanks! I particularly enjoyed A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance, whereas my wife loves Kafka on the Shore (which I didn't like). Funny that...
村上老粉在此，他的书我全读过，最近还重读了“鼠之三部曲”（《且听风吟》+《弹子球》、《寻羊冒险记》、《舞！舞！舞！》）。我承认他最近的作品确实有些重复，但我依然觉得他很多作品见解深刻，而且容易引起共鸣。我认为对他作品最好的排名之一可以在 [0] 找到。[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/murakami/comments/3q28p4/to_those_w...
Long time Murakami fun here, have read all his books and recently re-read the Rat Trilogy (Wild Sing + Pinball, A Wild Sheep Chase, Dance Dance Dance). I agree that there is indeed repetitiveness in his most recent work but I still find a lot of his work insightful and somewhat relatable. One of the best imo ranking of his work can be found in [0]. [0]https://www.reddit.com/r/murakami/comments/3q28p4/to_those_w...
……它对科技 startup 文化中最幼稚、社交功能最紊乱的一面的夸张刻画，准得令人毛骨悚然。六年之后，作为一名 code monkey，我读了一本关于日本的书，村上春树的《舞！舞！舞！》——书中描绘的90年代初放纵奢靡的东京，与硅谷的荒诞感如出一辙。男主角是个二十多岁快三十、心怀不满的日本广告人，他已经失去了……
…its over-the-top portrayals of the most infantile and socially dysfunctional aspects of the tech start-up culture are eerily on the mark. Six years later, as a code monkey, I read a book about Japan, "Dance Dance Dance" by Haruki Murakami - whose early 90's Tokyo of excess parallels the surrealness of Silicon Valley. The male protagonist is a disaffected Japanese advertising executive in his late 20's who have lost…