欧宝娱乐

I had started out thinking that at its heart this book was a love story. But it is about so much more than that - love, coming-of-age, death, loss and sorrow. Murakami does an amazing job at putting complicated feelings into words. I loved how he keeps reminding one of the simplest pleasures of life all along the story - beauty of the sunset, walking on a moonlit path, smell of the coffee, freshness of a spring day, caress of a gentle breeze and of course music. It is only fair to give a part of the credit to Jay Rubin for 'the music of the words'.

I did miss Muarakmi's bizarre,fantastic imagination. I have read three of his books so far and am amazed at how different an experience it was each time. My fondness for his work just keeps growing.

I will close the review with an excerpt from the book where Murakami deftly expresses Toru's great distress at a point in his life where getting through even a single day is a great deal of pain.

" Thinking back on the year 1969, all that comes to mind for me is a swamp-a deep, sticky bog that feels as if it's going to suck my shoe off each time I take a step. I walk through the mud, exhausted. In front of me, behind me, I can see nothing but an endless swampy darkness. Time itself slogged along in rhythm with my faltering steps. The people around me had gone on ahead long before, while my time and I hung back,struggling through the mud....."