Editorial take
Murakami novels read like someone describing a very vivid dream you once had. Jazz, pasta, disappearances, a well that goes somewhere it shouldn’t. Plot is a suggestion. Mood is the point. Nobody else writes loneliness with this much specificity.
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If you have never read Haruki Murakami, start with Norwegian Wood. It is the most accessible entry point and sets you up for the rest of the catalogue.
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