Haruki Murakami fans discussion

can anyone recommend another author or two that have a similar style or feel to their writing that murkami can achieve -- surrealist fiction?

An author whom Murakami studied all of his fiction when writing his own was Richard Brautigan who incorporates the surreal in his weird and funny novels, like The Hawkline Monster.

Try David Mitchell's Number9Dream, which I think is largely a homage to Murakami. I also highly recommend everything else that Mitchell has written - you might start with Ghostwritten or Black Swan Green as the most approachable, but Cloud Atlas and his new book, The 1,000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, are terrific, and show what a tremendous range Mitchell has.

Another author you might look to is Kobo Abe - try The Woman in the Dunes. Just as Mitchell looks to Murakami, Murakami seems to have looked to Abe as a model.

Well, i think kazuo ishiguro will give you similar feel that of murakami's.
I have read his book "Never let me go" and it was wow!

I just read that also, but I felt it was very linear compared with Murakami, where there are many threads going at once. Nevertheless, it was a very heartfelt story. Hopefully, we will never go there.

I also read the 1000 autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I haven't read Mitchell's other books, but I didn't feel that "jacob" captured the spirit of the Japanese. It was just a good story, not going very deep.

Blow-Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar

SO GOING TO LOOK ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED NOVELS UP! Haha I have read of all Murakami's works now (that are available to me) and how I miss a new read by him.

I'm reading Botchan: A Modern Classic by Natsume Sōseki and he has the same matter of fact way of saying things that can be humorous, impactful and revealing at the same time.

Murakami translated The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler - definite similarities!

Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy will likely be received well by anyone that likes Murakami.

Nick wrote: "Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy will likely be received well by anyone that likes Murakami."

Thanks for reminding me.. enjoying it!

Although a bit different in style, I highly recommend the great Yukio Mishima, especially his book "The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea"

A Murakami documentary is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6Lyq...

Kenzaburo Oe is a Nobel laureate. I have his A Personal Matter, which I heard was one of his best.

Arnel, where did you get your copy of the Woman in the dunes?

Aloha wrote: "A Murakami documentary is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6Lyq..."

Thanks for the link! I watched part of it and liked seeing one of his translators, Jay Rubin. Also, the background in context with Murakami was very atmospheric, very cool :)

http://bit.ly/x09eBo review on 1Q84 tell me what you think

One characteristic of Murakami that I never think about after I've read a book of his, but that is really important during the read, is his humor, so to me any similar author would have to have a sense of humor, the absurd, ironic, self-deprecating, etc.

Flash Beagle wrote: "I'm reading Botchan: A Modern Classic by Natsume Sōseki and he has the same matter of fact way of saying things that can be humorous, impactful and revealing at the same time."


The style is very similar, but the content is so different. Did you like Botchan as much as other works by Murakami?

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Paul Auster's Oracle Night and The Music of Chance is in my opinion brilliant books and could as well as the new york trilogy be something for Murakami fans.

try reading BANANA YOSHIMOTO!!!! :)))))

banana yoshimoto

kenzaburo oe :)