Saturday, January 2, 2016

#247 Chance Traveler- Haruki Murakami


#247 Chance Traveler- Haruki Murakami

This is Murakami telling us a story, as Murakami the narrator. Like many of his stories, it breathes better as the story progresses. You’re not sure how or when it happens, but somewhere along the way, you’re caught in a trance, like a day dream or a brief moment of hypnosis.

The story itself, isn’t my favorite of his. It’s about acceptance, fate and coincidence. Things that are around us all the time, but we may not acknowledge or see them until we must.

This is the last Murakami story I will write about for a while. This collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is worth the read, although I much prefer his novels. For his stories to truly develop, he needs space and pacing that just cant be given in the short form.



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