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Les Bébés de la consigne automatique
Les Bébés de la consigne automatique | Ryu Murakami
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Hashi et Kiku, deux bébés abandonnés dans une consigne de gare, passent leur petite enfance dans un orphelinat. La recherche de leur identité les entraînera dans les bas-fonds de Tôkyô, où Hashi se prostitue avant de devenir un chanteur de rock adulé, tandis que Kiku, champion de saut à la perche, se retrouve en prison pour parricide. Le roman suit en parallèle les destins des deux frères, décrivant le mécanisme qui les pousse à revivre sans cesse le traumatisme de leur enfance, racontant comment ces enfants purs et attachants passent du statut de victimes à celui de bourreaux. Dans un style déroutant mêlant l’horreur au comique, la poésie à des images de bande dessinée, avec une imagination foisonnante évoquant les romans de Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Murakami nous offre une vision de cauchemar du Japon de cette fin de siècle, et un reflet à peine déformé de notre monde moderne qui abandonne ses Enfants tristes. Mais les héros de Murakami, descendants de Nimier, Salinger ou Fitzgerald, ne se suicident plus, ils assassinent.
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JuniperWilde
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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This is a difficult book to summarize as it is really genre defying. It is the story of two boys who meet in an orphanage. The plot is compelling, bizarre and full of shocking and fascinating content (e.g., self-mutilation, pet alligators and weird sex adventures).

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JuniperWilde
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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Next up on my reading list. I‘ve enjoyed other Japanese writers, including H. Murakami (Wind Up Bird Chronicles). I‘ve heard this one has a slightly comic element.

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McFarchie
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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Starting this! 🤙ðŸ½

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SqueakyChu
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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What a fun surprise! Today in the mail I received a #RABCK (random act of #BookCrossing kindness) from fellow #BookCrosser hyphen8. I had this book on my wishlist because I‘ve enjoyed reading some of the strange novels (and especially the short stories) of this author. I‘m very much looking forward to reading this book which came to me all the way from Hawaii. 😲

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m.galehuxley
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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We decided to print out some photos of our travels from last year. This photo was taken when we crossed to Miyajima from Hiroshima on a ferry. I should have been taking in the view, but I was at the end of the book. I‘m still not sure how I feel about my decision to read. 🤷â€â™€ï¸

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bitterbear
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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#COMEONEILEEN @Liberty this novel is crazy.. Highly recommend if you like strange fiction..

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m.galehuxley
Coin Locker Babies | Ryu Murakami
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Staying in a capsule hotel tonight in Tokyo. I hate sleeping in a separate area from my boyfriend, but at least it gives me time to look through the books I've bought so far! I told my boyfriend to not allow me to buy another book (probably will anyway though). I have no idea how I'm going to get the books back that I've accumulated throughout the past year when I move back to America next month. I guess my clothes and shoes have to go.

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Liberty
Coin Locker Babies | ?·??, Stephen Snyder
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Afternoon reading: Upsetting fiction for upsetting times. 📚☠ï¸ðŸ¤–

tasha LOVE Murakami!!!! 💖 8y
vivastory Piercing is one of the most disturbing books I've ever read. 8y
[DELETED] 3323341091 'tis a great book. 8y
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