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Kafka on the shore? More like Kafka what a bore
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Jan 12, 2017 01:20
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I enjoyed what I read by him. Sorry, op.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:21
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I haven't actually read any of his books.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:23
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Kafka on the Shore is a good book because it's a purpose built halfway house to get people who still read fantasy and science fiction books to stop doing that and maybe read something of actual worth.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:26
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He's better when he has an editor. Hard-Boiled Wonderland is a great book, but some of his stuff can be really meandering.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:28
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i only read the bible and bazooka joe comics
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Jan 12, 2017 01:28
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Sheep-Goats posted:Kafka on the Shore is a good book because it's a purpose built halfway house to get people who still read fantasy and science fiction books to stop doing that and maybe read something of actual worth. Nothing has any worth
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Jan 12, 2017 01:33
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more like After Fark
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Jan 12, 2017 01:36
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1 Quit 8n pg 4
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Jan 12, 2017 01:37
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I had major problems with the unresolved plot threads in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, but later learned that they were largely the result of a terrible editing job by the US publisher. I haven't read anything else by him and don't intend to.  with the OP.
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Jan 12, 2017 01:38
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The other Murakami is better. What'sisname? Ryu? Also Kobo Abe. But ultimately Whorelord posted:Nothing has any worth
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Jan 12, 2017 01:48
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I mean you could subjectively not like it and poo poo, but I'm not quite sure how you could say it's not literature? Like you could argue Kafka on the Shore isn't a classic novel or something, but his poo poo is literature. Also being a goon OP, what the gently caress have you actually read that's better? I'm guessing you just blew through Ulysses in an afternoon right?
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Jan 12, 2017 01:50
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I read the one about running, it was ok
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Jan 12, 2017 01:55
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Monday_ posted:Kafka on the shore? More like Kafka what a bore I  ed
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Jan 12, 2017 01:56
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more like IQ80-BORE
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Jan 12, 2017 02:18
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more like A Wild Sheep Chase, Because This Book Is Tiring
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Jan 12, 2017 02:20
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more like A Wind Up Bore Chronicle
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Jan 12, 2017 02:21
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Jailbait Mailman posted:I had major problems with the unresolved plot threads in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, but later learned that they were largely the result of a terrible editing job by the US publisher.
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Jan 12, 2017 02:22
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I just finished re-re-reading William Herrick's Hermanos to celebrate the election. What have you goon people read lately??
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Jan 12, 2017 02:22
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Monday_ posted:Kafka on the shore? More like Kafka what a bore i actually really enjoyed kafka on the shore. ive been trying to read hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world for months now and jeeze that book aint exactly riveting
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Jan 12, 2017 02:24
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1st_Panzer_Div. posted:I mean you could subjectively not like it and poo poo, but I'm not quite sure how you could say it's not literature? Like you could argue Kafka on the Shore isn't a classic novel or something, but his poo poo is literature. prepare for your incoming thomas pynchon circlejerk Murakami's okay but all of his characters are just walking mouthpieces for whatever point he wants to make. Like yes let's sit down and eat spaghetti and talk about the human condition, willowy Japanese woman. I'll read his new book when it comes out though.
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Jan 12, 2017 02:25
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Many people on Reddit enjoy Murakami, that's proof enough for me that he's poo poo
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Jan 12, 2017 02:28
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My Man Shran posted:I just finished re-re-reading William Herrick's Hermanos to celebrate the election. Memes, mostly. And some bits of the various meltdown threads.
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Jan 12, 2017 02:28
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Murray Mantoinette posted:The other Murakami is better. What'sisname? Ryu? Also Kobo Abe. But ultimately Popular Hits of the Showa Era was trippy.
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Jan 12, 2017 02:29
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Lets drink coffee and beer and plow broads until something whimsically magic happens
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Jan 12, 2017 02:29
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"In a suburban Japanese flat an out-of-work loser, Toru Okada (James Yaegashi), is folding laundry while he contemplates the disappearance of first his cat and then his wife, who hasn't been home for days." the r/relationships thread has shown me why this might be an appealing read for redditors
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Jan 12, 2017 02:32
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FactsAreUseless posted:Woah, what? Seriously? It's been a few years, but as I recall when reading it I was put off because the main character plans a trip to a Greek island with one of the two psychic sisters, Creta/Malta Kano. There is much buildup to the trip but it never occurs in the book. I thought it was strange, and after finishing I looked it up and sure enough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle#Missing_chapters_and_parts
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Jan 12, 2017 02:37
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is haruki a guy name or a girl name
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Jan 12, 2017 02:38
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Quick Draw McGraw posted:is haruki a guy name or a girl name
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Jan 12, 2017 03:57
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Sheep-Goats posted:Kafka on the Shore is a good book because it's a purpose built halfway house to get people who still read fantasy and science fiction books to stop doing that and maybe read something of actual worth. Kurt Vonnegut did this several times and if I hadn't read him as a teen I'd be an even bigger fartlord
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Jan 12, 2017 04:05
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Quick Draw McGraw posted:is haruki a guy name or a girl name They don't let women publish books in Japan.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:05
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1982 Subaru Brat posted:Kurt Vonnegut did this several times and if I hadn't read him as a teen I'd be an even bigger fartlord Right but Kurt would be a better converter if he had a Japanese name
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Jan 12, 2017 04:06
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The only good book Vonnegut wrote was Slaughterhouse-Five and I'm immediately suspicious of anyone who lists him prominently among their favorite authors
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Jan 12, 2017 04:29
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Jailbait Mailman posted:I had major problems with the unresolved plot threads in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, but later learned that they were largely the result of a terrible editing job by the US publisher. I haven't read anything else by him and don't intend to. his worst book easily though i liked the mongolia scene
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Jan 12, 2017 04:34
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Haruki: I have a copy of Wind/Pinball sitting around here that I really need to read, since I read Pinball 1983 in college and it owned Ryu: In The Miso Soup was pretty great but Popular Hits of the Showa Era was a little too heartless for me; maybe I just tried it at the wrong time well those are my thoughts on the murakamis cya
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Jan 12, 2017 04:35
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Terrific Accident posted:The only good book Vonnegut wrote was Slaughterhouse-Five and I'm immediately suspicious of anyone who lists him prominently among their favorite authors "heh i totally read mother night and uhh i didnt like it!" - this guy, pretending he read all of vonneguts books edit: real talk tho i read all of vonneguts books as an insufferable highschooler and even his misfires are fascinating and better than the majority of authors work. can't see anyone else writing something like slapstick or deadeye dick. breakfast of champions is my favorite of his work although its probably not objectively the best
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Jan 12, 2017 04:36
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You got me, but I absolutely hated Hocus Pocus, couldn't finish Cat's Cradle, and read about 30 pages of Breakfast of Champions before I rubbed my eyes, put the book down, and never touched it again.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:38
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FactsAreUseless posted:He's better when he has an editor. Hard-Boiled Wonderland is a great book, but some of his stuff can be really meandering. That is definitely my favourite of his books. But with he and most other Japanese writers I often feel like I'm missing some of what makes their writing good by virtue of the translation, in a way I don't for translations of other languages.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:40
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Terrific Accident posted:You got me, but I absolutely hated Hocus Pocus, couldn't finish Cat's Cradle, and read about 30 pages of Breakfast of Champions before I rubbed my eyes, put the book down, and never touched it again. Late era vonnegut is definitely weaker and I can see why you would not like them if you don't like his style. Also I think Cat's cradle is criminally overrated and one of his weaker books. Can't abide by the BoC hate though  If you're interested in reading more from him/understanding why people like him, check out Player Piano and Mother Night. They're both a lot less fantastical/absurd than most of his work (despite the former being a dystopia) and would make a good entry point with one being his first and the other arguably his best novel.
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Jan 12, 2017 04:47
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reading books in 2k17
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Jan 12, 2017 04:49
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