Haruki Murakami (村上春樹) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards. Growing up in Ashiya, near Kobe before moving to Tokyo to attend Waseda University, he published his first novel Hear the Wind Sing (1979) after working as the owner of a small jazz bar for seven years. His notable works include the novels Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994–95), Kafka on the Shore (2002) and 1Q84 (2009–10); the last was ranked as the best work of Japan's Heisei era (1989–2019) by the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun's survey of literary experts. His work spans genres including science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction, and has become known for his use of magical realist elements. His official website cites Raymond Chandler, Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan as key inspirations to his work, while Murakami himself has named Kazuo Ishiguro, Cormac McCarthy and Dag Solstad as his favourite currently active writers. Murakami has also published five short story collections, including First Person Singular (2020), and non-fiction works including Underground (1997), an oral history of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007), a memoir about his experience as a long distance runner. His fiction has polarized literary critics and the reading public. He has sometimes been criticised by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, leading to Murakami's recalling that he was a "black sheep in the Japanese literary world". Meanwhile, Murakami has been described by Gary Fisketjon, the editor of Murakami's collection The Elephant Vanishes (1993), as a "truly extraordinary writer", while Steven Poole of The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his oeuvre.
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I find this collection by Murakami to be particularly melancholic and poignant. It possesses a beautiful sadness that resonates throughout the stories. Death and love, nostalgia and loss, vengeance and misunderstanding are the themes that permeate these poignant short stories.
For example, "The Little Green Monster" and "The Ice Man" delve into the complex emotions associated with strange creatures, exploring the feelings both from and toward them. However, the notion of "strangeness" extends beyond these stories. In "The Silence," the narrator assumes the role of the stranger, feeling misunderstood by his own community.
Motifs, like pearls, are scattered across different stories, appearing in various combinations. To truly appreciate them, one must read with great attentiveness. Murakami's deceptively simple writing style demands a heightened level of attention due to the profound emotional engagement it evokes.
Я же могу дать имя процессу чтения? Вот этот назову "знакомство с пятым Мураками". Я не ставила никаких целей, вроде изучить творчество Харуки, наоборот, чисто интуитивно все мои мысли часто сходятся к потребности прочувствовать тот прохладный и бестелесный ветерок, который ощущаю на себе читая романы Мураками. Коротко о сборнике. Несколько рассказов, но не из серии Норвегиан, а скорее ближе к Заводной Птице - много пробуждающего абсурда, меланхолии и "легких" смертей. Так умеет лишь он - минимум шума и максимум апатии. Если бы мне сказали описать "настроение" сборника одним предложением, то я бы написала следующее: "Человек умер, но утром то все равно надо пойти за хлебом :) ".
Мураками рассказов - страшный, страшный писатель. Все лучших традициях японских сказок, только вместо танцующих огоньков и вышивающих журавлей - обычные люди на современном фоне из джазовых пластинок и просторных гардеробных.
Как обычно с работами Мураками, сборник рассказов прочитался легко, 4 рассказа из 7 я не понял, даже после двух прочтений, а именно: по порядку как идут в книге, первый, второй, четвертый и последний.
"Молчание" думаю самый лучший из всех собранных в книге. Самый понятный и доступный. Уметь проявить сдержанность и терпимость, когда хочется дать контроль эмоциям - это знак сильного человека.
В общем, может еще вернусь к этому сборнику, особенному последнему рассказу, "Слепая ива и спящая девушка". Осталось чувство будто я упустил что-то важное, как и герой этого рассказа.
"Cũng cùng một từ cô độc, nhưng có nhiều loại cô độc khác nhau. Có thứ cô độc bi thảm cay đắng, cắt xé thần kinh. Nhưng cũng có thứ cô độc không như thế. Để có được thứ cô độc ấy, thế nào cũng phải cào xé thịt da của chính mình ra kia. Thế nhưng, nếu cố gắng thì thứ ấy cũng đến được tay mình."
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沉默:mature loneliness, having a different view of the world; being bullied and segregated 冰男:depressing loneliness in a foreign country 東尼瀧谷:loneliness from parents/ wife dying 第七個男人:PTSD, estranged from hometown/ memory