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• #3427
Thanks I'll check those both out.
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• #3428
The vegetarian really reminded me of Murakami. Short read. Won the booker prize a few years ago I think.
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• #3429
I started with Norwegian Wood. Really enjoyed it.
I also read all of 1Q84 last year and while it was good I do wonder if i could have got more enjoyment from 4 shorter books instead.
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• #3430
Recently read and enjoyed:
Robert Walser "the walk"
Boris Vian "Heartsnatcher"
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• #3431
I thought Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss was sort of a Hebrew (Is this the right descriptor? I don't want to be insensitive but unsure if this is the "neutral" version.) take on Murakami.
And in some sense Italo Calvino falls into the same category, I really enjoyed If on a Winter's Night a Traveler.
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• #3432
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
This is a great book.
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• #3433
The Tim Drum by Gunther Grass is similar in some respects to lots of the above, bit weird, bit magical. Lots of pullulating eels.
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• #3434
One of my favourites too. I also liked "invisible cities" a lot.
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• #3435
Tim Drum is one of the best characters in literature.
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• #3436
I'll look out for that. Was wondering what else by him was worth trying.
Am also gonna try The Third Policeman by Flann O'brien as it was mentioned 'on here' in another thread.
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• #3437
I believe I have that one, completely forgot about it. I'll put it on my nightstand, cheers!
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• #3438
His recent stuff is amazing!
As @Jaaamie said 1Q84 is probably a big undertaking as your first book of his.
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• #3440
The Third Policeman is an excellent book, quite relevant to cyclists too. Had the great fortune to see it as a play, outside, near Penzance two summers ago.
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• #3441
I’ve started reading The Fifth Season by N K Jemisin. Ticks many boxes for me so far. Anyone else enjoyed this?
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• #3442
I read this a while ago, thoroughly enjoyed it. Its a good page turner, and continues into several books.
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• #3443
Has anyone read Thomas de Quincey's 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater' ?
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• #3444
i did, at university. that was 27 years ago so cant remember anything about it. fuck, i'm old.
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• #3445
I read it at Uni too - I was at Royal Holloway college back in the 80's pissed or hung over for three years. I passed though...that's what made me laugh about De Quincey -he was at Oxford for 7 years then dropped out. He was taking enough opium daily to kill two or three normal people and he lived to be quite old so there's hope for us all! He's a brilliant writer of really long convoluted sentences and he was a bit of a scoundrel. He always makes excuses for his behaviour and tries to be really respectable. That's what makes me laugh.
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• #3446
I loved it.
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• #3447
I love the look of that book-sounds really interesting..I'm going to give it a go! Thank you.
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• #3448
I hope you'll like it, for me it was a nice read.
At the moment I'm reading this.
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• #3449
Just finished this.
Pretty decent post apocalyptic Sci-Fi
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• #3450
This was excellent
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Would like to read some murakami, what would you recommend to start with?