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A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
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bookshelves: 2011, 52-in-2011, detective-y, favorite-authors, japan, personal-collection, translated, cats, vote-getters, murakami
Apr 09, 2010
bookshelves: 2011, 52-in-2011, detective-y, favorite-authors, japan, personal-collection, translated, cats, vote-getters, murakami
Reading Murakami is like experiencing someone else's dream. Trying to review Murakami is like trying to remember your own -- scattered events, confusing narrative lapses, inexplicable elements, petrified whale penises. A series of images:
And then you wake up. And wonder what that was all about.
And then you wake up. And wonder what that was all about.
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Reading Progress
April 9, 2010
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February 14, 2011
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Started Reading
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
2011
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
52-in-2011
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
detective-y
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
favorite-authors
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
japan
February 14, 2011
– Shelved as:
personal-collection
February 14, 2011
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translated
February 14, 2011
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25.5%
"it was then and there i came to the realization i have borne in mind ever since. which is, that i am not a whale."
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90
February 16, 2011
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43.63%
"russians have a way with aphorisms. they probably spend all winter thinking them up."
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154
February 16, 2011
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56.66%
"'body cells replace themselves every month. even at this very moment,' she said, thrusting the skinny back of her hand before my eyes. 'most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.'"
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200
February 16, 2011
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76.49%
"all the works of man faded into nothingness, yet still the sheep remained."
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270
February 17, 2011
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Finished Reading
June 16, 2011
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cats
July 25, 2011
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vote-getters
January 4, 2012
– Shelved as:
murakami
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Feb 18, 2011 10:05PM
I felt like it didn't fit in the review but also:
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well....probably not going to read this one, but always LOVE your reviews... you really should be making money doing this!
murakami is great, you should try him sometime. norwegian wood is a good starting place. or if you are adventurous, the wind-up bird chronicle.
Maybe I will. I'm almost afraid to add to my stacks. My books have assumed (what I have to guess is) a Murakami state -- I have so many clamoring at me that they have begun to take on personalities. I'm sure that when I fall asleep, they breed. And party. And plot different and interesting ways to kill me if I don't read them soon. The only thing keeping them in check is their individual pitiful hopes that "but I might be the next one she picks..."and yes, several in the stack are from your recommendations/reviews... the Ozark Architecture one, for instance... and a couple of YA sci fi..
i like this even though I see no pictures.
why do you see no pictures? are you at work?
That was probably the sweetest review I've ever "read".
thanks. murakami is really all about the mood he creates. also it always makes me nostalgic for japan. where i have been once. for a week.
I just finished reading this book and I love your picture review. I agree that it was so much like experiencing a dream, and I find myself unable to recall any of the purposeful details, just vague images. Captured the book perfectly
thanks! i pretty much feel the same way about all the murakami i have read.
Ha that made my day. Yep, that pretty much sums up the book.
� and in this case, Murakami managed to turn it into one of MY dreams. Reading it is like dreaming with your eyes open. Especially towards the end where reality is becoming more and more abstract and you enter in a different dimension. You either feel it or you don't.
so accurate - this is exactly the reason i can never successfully recommend Murakami to anyone. my answer to their 'what's it about' is always '......'
Thanks!I always check when I get a new comment on this review because I am afraid the links for the pictures are going to be broken...
Brilliant - that is just what it is like.:O)
Bettie wrote: "Brilliant - that is just what it is like.:O)"
thanks!
i always wonder if it is apparent that picture #2 actually is a petrified whale penis.
I thought it was a giant spliff
Stefan wrote: "I thought it was a giant spliff"wouldn't that be a confusing evening.
Well, it was a real 'trip'. Certainly towards the end I was completely sucked into the story, losing all sense of realism� and it felt GOOD. (asn I'm not advocating substance abuse ;-) )
Yep, this review sums it up perfectly!
Haha. I love these images!
I was going to write a review then I saw your images. Thanks for saving me time! Where is the sheep man with his mishappen sheep outfit? :)
Lol. Nice use of pictures. That's basically the gist of the book. :D
Thanks for the review!
Absolutely concise review on an indescribable book. I always read before falling asleep and never watch tv in bed because I realized my (partly lucid) dreaming turns into colourful adventures if I choise the right book. No need to explain to Murakami freaks what HE does to my dreamworld :-)
you forgot the Cutty Sark
I am listening to Idiot Wind by Dylan somehow it all fits. that ear you posted is ugly by the way
Love your pictures, and review. I'm exactly in " small, basic hotel". Wish I could ever see the dolphin hotel;)
I love this review.
Hi "j", how's your bar going ;-)
"Petrified whale penises". Oh my. Lol!!
'Reading Murakami is like experiencing someone else's dream. Trying to review Murakami is like trying to remember your own -- scattered events, " wow
500 likes??? Who are you???
Oh... You forgot the whisky! And vinyls!
Great review. My sentiments exactly.
I've just read this and this is exactly my thoughts 😂😂
I couldn‘t find more fitting words to describe my experience with this book!
Best possible review.
One of the best reviews on the Internet!
"Like experiencing another's dream" is probably the nest description for this book I have read - there is probably a lot of subtext and symbolism I could get a feeling for that got lost, probably because of the cultural gap between me and the author.
Speaking of vinyls....I actually had the luck of staying around the corner of his former jazz club in Sendagaya... always, he seems to insert the neighborhood, and the mention of jazz!
Ok this is the best review ever. The only review actually.
Couldn’t have said it better!! Actually no one probably could’ve said it better...
Best review ever 🤣
This is exactly how I felt after reading Kafka on the Shore. But I felt it about this book as well.
