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 the [...]
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 his highly [...]