The best summation of Murakami’s talents? 8/10 ‘Dance Dance Dance‘ is probably the ideal place for any Murakami novice to start as it is a compelling summation of the author’s singular moods and preoccupations. It combines some of the themes of grief, loss and memory of novels like ‘Norweigan Wood‘, but less oppressively so, and [...]
Haruki Murakami – Dance Dance Dance
April 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Fiction
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Bret Easton Ellis – Lunar Park
March 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Fiction
Park life 6/10 Lunar Park may be viewed in some quarters as a classic post-modern novel, in that the book transforms from what could be convincingly read as autobiography and then descends into an evidently ficticious horror story. However, a more accurate description might be that Ellis is playing in a comfort zone here, reinforcing [...]