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Vintage Murakami
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. Murakamis bold willingness to go straight over the top is a signal indication of his genius. . . . A world-class writer who has both eyes open and takes big risks. The Washington Post Book World Not since Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata has a Japanese writer won the international acclaim enjoyed by Haruki Murakami. His genre-busting novels, short stories and reportage, which have been translated into 35 languages, meld the surreal and the hard-boiled, deadpan comedy and delicate introspection. Vintage Murakami includes the opening chapter of the international bestseller Norwegian Wood; Lieutenant Mamiyas Long Story: Parts I and II from his monumental novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; Shizuko Akashi from Underground, his non-fiction book on the Toyko subway attack of 1995; and the short stories Barn Burning, Honeypie. Also included, for the first time in book form, the short story, Ice Man.
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Read in August 2017:
This is not a new book but rather a selection excerpts from his previous works and a few short stories. I'm anxious to read this just to remind me of why I love Murakami so much. ♥️

Re-read in September 2020

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BookishMe
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My inaugural #24B4Monday (first workless weekend needs this! ;)) late to start at 1500hrs after I got to know about it earlier. In past 7hrs since I began, have only clocked 1hour.
Maths is not promising but I'll be happy to finish various incomplete books by Mon.

📚 1 is my 2nd for #AuthorAMonth. I certainly prefer his short stories. Except for graphic recount of an execution from Wind Up Chronicles, this was good mix without usual formula.

Soubhiville Logged- 3 for the year so far📚 4y
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BookishMe
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My pick for #AuthorAMonth is off to a lovely start. I am enjoying excerpts from his books. Rereading the start of Norwegian was a delight.
Bite-sized Murakami has always worked well for me! Hopefully one of the chapters will lead me to a full novel.

The other is my #MonthInTitle for #March #currentlyReading #ebooks

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BookishMe
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/with-the-beatles

Small dose of Murakami makes a pleasant Sunday morning 😉😉

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Tanzy13
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JacqMac You have many good quotes today. 5y
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GripLitGrl
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CarolynM I have this quote on a fridge magnet. Love it🙂 5y
GripLitGrl @CarolynM 😁💕 5y
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Well-ReadNeck
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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#OctoberPutASpellOnYou

#BlackCat

Black cat? Murakami, of course. Pretty much all of his work has them lurking around. 😺

Blaire Yes!! First thing I thought of was 6y
rockpools Those covers! 😻 6y
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ofthatilk
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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KateFulfordAuthor Oh - so very true - thanks for sharing that quote. 6y
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bentchbites
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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Because it‘s Valentine‘s, let me share with you part of my S.O.‘s bookshelf! :) He‘s into more crime and magical realistic stuff, while I‘m more into YA and romance. 😊
How about you, guys? Are your partners bookish too? And if you‘re single, would you mind if a potential S.O. isn‘t big on reading? Heehee.
#bookishlovers (idk if anyone thought of this hashtag before but use this so we can easily find each others‘ posts! ❤️)

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PagesOfKate
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Christmas time. Festive shelves #seasonsreading2017 #decktheshelves

bookloo Your shelf is so beautiful! 😍 Welcome to Litsy. ☺️🎉 6y
DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy! 🎉📚👍😀Hope you enjoy it here! Love the festive shelves.🎄 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Lovely shelfie - welcome! 🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻📚📚 6y
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CrowCAH Welcome to Litsy!!! 6y
jfalkens Welcome to Litsy and happy reading 😊🎊📖🎉📚 6y
SilversReviews Lovely, lovely, lovely!! 6y
TricksyTails Welcome to Litsy!! 👏😁🎉📚🎉 6y
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amytbusch
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami

Blubbering blurb.

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inessvc
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Impressive! An insight in the heart of the Toquio gas attack with the testimonies of some victims. #mustread

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August 2017 Reads -- Wowzers! What a month! 🎉

mom2bugnbee Good for you! 7y
Megabooks 🎉🎉🎉 7y
LauraBeth Great month! 👏👏 7y
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TrishB Yay 👍🎉 7y
suvata A lot of them were graphic novels. That's why I have so many in one month. And, one of them I did not finish. Still, pretty good month. 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Wowzers indeed! 👏🏼 7y
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Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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Just in case you want to know how to write "Disneyland" in Japanese. ??

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Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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This is not a new book but rather a selection excerpts from his previous works and a few short stories. I'm anxious to read this just to remind me of why I love Murakami so much. ♥️

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Tonton
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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ephemeralwaltz
Vintage Murakami | Haruki Murakami
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Ughhhhh the wait for the translation will be long... 😭

Pruzy What's the name of the novel?? 7y
ephemeralwaltz @Pruzy front the information we have right now, it'll translate to "Killing Commendatore" 7y
ephemeralwaltz Two volumes! 7y
Pruzy @ephemeralwaltz Nice! Any idea what the plot is? 7y
ephemeralwaltz @Pruzy no idea :( 7y
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LeahBergen
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Melissa_J Great quote! 7y
jennw1212 One of my favorites! 7y
EricQiao So true! 7y
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vivastory Love this quote 7y
susanw Yes! This is also such a great quote! 7y
BookishGirl06 Love this 7y
Hobbinol Oh great😏Now we're all thinking the same thing... 7y
shawnmooney I'll drink to that! 🍹🍷🍺🥃 7y
britt_brooke Love this! 7y
kspenmoll Yes! 7y
MrBook Aye, that! 7y
Oblomov26 And that is a great quote 7y
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shawnmooney
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A new Murakami door-stopper! It'll take a year or more for the English translation to come out. I haven't enjoyed very much that he's put out in the last several years, but I have high hopes this one might be awesome!
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/02/23/books/prepare-youre-expecting-one...

LeahBergen Ooo! 7y
BookishFeminist 😍 I need this to be translated yesterday. 7y
DiruVamp Ugh I have to wait a year?? 😟😩😍 7y
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shawnmooney @LeahBergen @BookishFeminist @DiruVamp According to the article, which I've now read more carefully, a TWO-YEAR wait for the translation is more like it. It is 1,000 pages, after all. 7y
Abailliekaras I love him so much 👌💙 7y
DiruVamp @shawnmooney stop it you're killing me!!! 😂 yeah on closer reading I saw that too. If it's anything like 1Q84 it will be well worth the wait though. 7y
shawnmooney @DiruVamp I loved 1Q84 too but did think it was mighty flawed. I felt he lost control of a few of those narratives, such that they felt unfinished or at least unsatisfying in their resolution for me. But still, an amazingly compelling read! 7y
DiruVamp @shawnmooney I agree and it left me with a lot of unanswered questions but, yes, still a very compelling read and in my top 3 Murakami favorites. 7y
KellyMuser Thanks for the heads up! His 2016 release "Absolutely on Music: Conversations" is still on my TBR because I think I'll need some extra time to get through it. If music is playing in a book I'm reading, then I have to play it too, and I can always count on those references from Murakami. 7y
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katedensen
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I'm sure I'm not the only Litten who thought of Haruki Murakami for today's #17booklove theme of #AuthorILove. In lieu of finding and taking a picture of all of my Murakami books (too much work), here's the infamous Murakami bingo from the NYT Book Review that I've posted in the past.

There are only three of his books I haven't read: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Wind/Pinball, and The Strange Library.

#MurakamiMadness

LauraBeth Vanishing cats 😹 7y
katedensen @LauraBeth My favorite is honestly "ear fetish." So true. 7y
KarenUK Love this! 💕 7y
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katedensen @KarenUK It's so accurate! 7y
LeahBergen I like "urban ennui"! 7y
katedensen @LeahBergen It's one of my potential memoir-that-I'll-never-write titles. 7y
zsuzsanna_reads Thanks for reposting, I haven't seen this before! ❤️❤️ 7y
katedensen @zsuzsanna_reads It's a fun one! You're welcome. 7y
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DiruVamp
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Happy Birthday Haruki Murakami! 🎈🎁🎉📚

CherylDeFranceschi ❤❤❤ 7y
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vivastory
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Interesting article linked from Vintage tweet on how Murakami is the author whose books are shoplifted most frequently in Canada.

Joybishoptx That is really interesting.... 7y
LeahBergen Thieves with good taste 😂 7y
AThousandLives87 I wonder why?! 7y
readinginthedark 😂In my bookstore, it was romances and sci-fi. Always mass-markets, because they fit easily in coat pockets. 7y
Faibka Lol! 😂 Murakami would be flattered 7y
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