MURAKAMI " After the Quake " Paperback – Big Book, 1 January 2003

Small booklet but up to expectations! Murakami never fails

Absolut.ely a great story. Perfect

I must confess that I hadn't bought and read this book because I thought it was a chronicle; so, great was my surprise when I found a collection of short stories as marvellously written and mind-blowing as all Murakami's works have proved to be. Of course, the leif motif that gives rise to it is the 1995 Kobe earthquake that left open wounds in the Japanese imagery for the decades to come. In spite of this common characteristic, the stories presented range from the most disparate possible sources: a recently separated man, a young woman who doesn't know what to do with life, a delusional man who can't tell whether he contributed to save Tokyo from another earthquake (just to mention some). A continuum of uncertainty between what is thought to be real and what is thought to be a dream, after the quake is a magnificent to choice to puzzle oneself while reading it.

Kitabin dili basit,anlasilir. Tavsiye ederim.

英作文の練習にと　村上春樹の原作「神の子どもたちはみな踊る」と共に購入しましたが　英文に魅了される素敵な本です。十分に味わってから、日本語との表現比較をして英作文力を付ける教本にしていきたいと思います。実践ビジネス英会話の添削英作文のコーナーのお勧めはやはり確かなものだ実感しました

Sometimes Murakami tends to finish one in-a-huff, thereby leaving it a bit undercooked. These short-story collections - which are very good by-and-large - feel like have been ended with the writer working on a tight timeline, which is a recipe for not quite there. Still, you can give it a go; it’s still very good.