神の子どもたちはみな踊る

by 村上春樹

Unknown Binding

About the author

Haruki Murakami

村上 春樹（むらかみ はるき ）は、日本の小説家・翻訳家。京都府京都市伏見区生まれ、兵庫県西宮市・芦屋市育ち。

Reviews

[Lizzy B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Books about disasters are most often about those directly affected by them, not those on the periphery, who have vague, mixed, or slightly-guilt-inducing indifferent reactions. An interesting angle merging (subtle) national trauma with (much more prominent) individual ennui.

My favorite was probably the bonfire story. Also liked the one about the guy raised in a cult. Haaaated the frog story, nothing redeemable.

Despite it being an early work, it does achieve Murakami bingo, even though, as far as I can recall, it doesn’t have a single cat!