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| 60% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Vintage Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-04-29 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 256 Ean: 9780307278739 Book Isbn: 0307278735  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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A sleek, gripping novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the spooky hours between midnight and dawn, by an internationally renowned literary phenomenon. Murakami's trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery. Combining the pyrotechnical genius that made Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle international bestsellers, with a surprising infusion of heart, Murakami has produced one of his most enchanting fictions yet. |
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 Written on August 9, 2008 Summary: Intriguing, but with too many loose ends. First of all, let me say, that I have very much enjoyed the book. However, just like many other readers I have a hard time explaining what the story is all about. It has, certainly, very moody character, but leaves so many loose ends, that it does make one wander if author wrote it as, perhaps, an exercise. An exercise in a particular screen play like writing style, which would be another sticky point for some, although quite attractive and appropriate, in that it seem to help to create the mood of Tokyo after dark. Still, it would make much more sense for everyone if story was more developed and certainly Murakami other works show that he is capable of producing complete store, may be even overwritten, but in this case he clearly took a minimalist approach. Recommended with reservations.  Written on July 27, 2008 Summary: After Dark After Dark by Haruki Murakami: In Haruki Murakami's latest novel, After Dark, he tells a unique and compelling story of what goes on after midnight on the streets of Tokyo. It is a very different world from that of the daytime, with very different people. Murakami makes this clear by revealing that the rules of physics and reality don't necessarily apply. The story begins with a young girl, Mari Asai, reading a book at Denny's after midnight, but it immediately jumps to the unusual, as Mari is greeted by a boy she hasn't seen in a while who sits opposite her and begins conversing. She admits she plans on spending the night out, doing anything other than sleeping. The boy, Tetsuya Takahashi, tells her about his late night band practices - he is a trombonist. After he leaves for his practice, a short while passes before a strange, rough looking woman comes into Denny's and walks straight up to Mari, telling her she is the manager of a love hotel and has found a beaten girl who only speaks Chinese in one of her rooms; Takahashi told her Mari speaks Chinese. So begins an adventurous - and at times dark and morbid - night. After Dark tells of various characters who all go about their lives during the early morning hours in Tokyo, but who are intrinsically linked and will cross paths one or more times during the night. At the heart of the story is Mari and her love for her beautiful sister, to whom she is no longer close. Eri Asai was a girl born with a special beauty, but recently gave up on life and now spends her days and nights in a deep, almost catatonic sleep. But she is just one cast member whose life is affected on this particular night. Murakami uses a floating camera narrator to take the reader everywhere and anywhere, where there are no bounds, where things are dark and scary. After Dark is a short, but haunting tale with some special characters who will stay with you long after you have closed the book and put it aside. [...] Written on July 20, 2008 Summary: The plot was a little boring The book looked interesting, but when I began to read it, I became bored with it. I found there wasn't really any plot. It was just a bunch of conversations composed into one book. It certainly wasn't worth what I paid for it.  Written on July 12, 2008 Summary: another page turner but v .weak in plot & character Nothing new in this one. Sleeping beauty Eri is an OK symbol for Japan, and the equally pretty but poor and abused Chinese hooker does an equivalent job for her nation I suppose. I prefer the treatment of the Japan-China issue in his masterpiece Wind-Up Bird, of course, and the memory of characters like lieutenant Mamiya or Yumiyoshi makes the ones of this novel seem too thin. Pages turn fast as usual with M., but this time a lot less startingly. Very good job of the night hours as a plot device (a la Jarmusch's Night on Earth) and really great that Jay Rubin is back as translator, after less fortunate attempts by others. Still, two stars only for such an obvious quickie. Please M.H. don't become a brand; stay a real writer. Written on July 12, 2008 Summary: A Quiet, Simple Late Night Read Sure, it's not quite The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or Kafka on the Shore, but it's still a simple, engaging read. I read it mostly on the train, coming home from work late at night, and the novel works well in that setting: it is, as some reviewers have already noted, like a quiet late-night jazz album, like Miles Davis. I agree with the reviewer who said it ought to be read in one sitting, during a long sleepless night. I can see why some readers could not get into it, but I hope those who've said, "This was my first Murakami book and it will be my last" will give his other works a chance. Starting with this would be like watching Fire Walk With Me when you haven't seen Twin Peaks. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2008-04-29 | 2006-08-29 | 2006-01-03 | 1998-09-01 | 2008-06-10 | 2007-10-09 |
| Media | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 256 | 352 | 480 | 624 | 224 | 384 |
| Ean | 9780307278739 | 9781400044610 | 9781400079278 | 9780679775430 | 9780307386175 | 9781400096084 |
| Book Isbn | 0307278735 | 1400044618 | 1400079276 | 0679775439 | 0307386171 | 1400096081 |
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