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A review by elle_reads
Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami
5.0
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BOOK REVIEW
[Hear the Wind Sing] An unnamed narrator reflects on his live in a port town bar.
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WHAT I LIKED
Haruki Murakami’s first work is comprised of parallel reflections that dip their toes into each other, but the ripples from a single digit are the most important forces of all. Then they - alike the reader - are immersed. Murakami’s existential magical realism in securely founded in vivid words and logical character motivations. He allows the reader realizations before the protagonist understands the first clue.
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As a self-proclaimed Murakami fan, I loved the introduction. Murakami reflects on his writing journey which started at a baseball game, grew into this story, and culminated into the internationally known writer he is today. I especially enjoyed how he wrote in English and translated it back into Japanese to find his own writing style. In this piece, readers can see minute details that could easily grow into his other accomplished novels. Within Hear the Wind Sing itself, the narrator compared his experience with other authors. This story is a peak into Murakami’s writing mind unlike any of his other works I’ve read.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
I found the character Rat to be a bit cliche. Alas, I am also a self-proclaimed hater of Salinger boys. Hopefully I’ll grow to love him through the rest of the series.
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Hear the Wind Sing (by Haruki Murakami) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️5/5
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Favorite Pages: xxii, xxiii, 3, 4, 9, 20, 34, 38, 63, 77, 81, 84, 91, 99
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Recommended for Lovers of: Franz Kafka, Voltaire, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, Jorge Luis Borges
BOOK REVIEW
[Hear the Wind Sing] An unnamed narrator reflects on his live in a port town bar.
//
WHAT I LIKED
Haruki Murakami’s first work is comprised of parallel reflections that dip their toes into each other, but the ripples from a single digit are the most important forces of all. Then they - alike the reader - are immersed. Murakami’s existential magical realism in securely founded in vivid words and logical character motivations. He allows the reader realizations before the protagonist understands the first clue.
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As a self-proclaimed Murakami fan, I loved the introduction. Murakami reflects on his writing journey which started at a baseball game, grew into this story, and culminated into the internationally known writer he is today. I especially enjoyed how he wrote in English and translated it back into Japanese to find his own writing style. In this piece, readers can see minute details that could easily grow into his other accomplished novels. Within Hear the Wind Sing itself, the narrator compared his experience with other authors. This story is a peak into Murakami’s writing mind unlike any of his other works I’ve read.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
I found the character Rat to be a bit cliche. Alas, I am also a self-proclaimed hater of Salinger boys. Hopefully I’ll grow to love him through the rest of the series.
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Hear the Wind Sing (by Haruki Murakami) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️5/5
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Favorite Pages: xxii, xxiii, 3, 4, 9, 20, 34, 38, 63, 77, 81, 84, 91, 99
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Recommended for Lovers of: Franz Kafka, Voltaire, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, Jorge Luis Borges