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kuli recently suggested a "book club" on Hubski. One of the books kuli suggested was 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. This New Yorker post is an exempt from the novel.
I read 1Q84, and several other Murakami novels. It was decent, but no where near his best. If you have never read a book by Murakami I would suggest "Windup Bird Chronicle" or "Hard Boiled Wonderland And The End Of the Universe." Or maybe his short story collection is a good start. 1Q84 spent way to much time pushing the convention of the novel instead of throwing the reader into the deep end and letting him fend for himself.
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AnSionnachRua · 4343 days ago · link ·
I've read most of his stuff, but shied away from Hard Boiled Wonderland when I saw that it was translated by Alfred Birnbaum; maybe I'll have to give it a look.
I agree that 1Q84 is not his best. Murakami often reworks old short stories into his novels. It's really nice to see the progression in a writer's work when you read a lot of their books; it's like listening to band's discography and seeing the changes over time.