Recent content by ishel

There's a short article about it on Wikipedia - just type in the title and you should get it, or search for Ryu Murakami (I'd give you the link, but I'm not allowed to use URLs yet, doh!) A couple of reviews from Amazon (again, I would just link you to the page if I was able to): "Ryu Murakami...

"Audition" to be released in English By the way, I see that Ryu's Audition is about to be released at last in English translation - here it is at Amazon...

Completely with you in that, beer good! I have read two of Haruki's and only one of Ryu's (In the Miso Soup) so far, but definitely plan to read more of both. Your summation of the themes of each author is perfect. I do think that Haruki can be pretty dark at times as well. I have just...

Hi jay, you and I had some exchanges about H Murakami back in 2005 and we both dropped off the page here soon after. My 'real life' got busy, then I was distracted by some health issues; now I'm making a comeback and planning to seriously start reading Murakami once more. In the meantime I have...

Warning - probably spoilers for "A Wild Sheep Chase" Thanks for all your trouble with that detailed reply, Jay... much appreciated, and you've certainly helped me not only with Wild Sheep but also with some general principles for reading Murakami generally... Now, that's some great...

I wonder if there are any other readers of the novels of Japanese-American writer Gail Tsukiyama ("Women of the Silk" 1991; "The Samurai's Garden" 1996; "Night of Many Dreams" 1998; "The Language of Threads" 1999; "Dreaming Water" 2002)? Several of her works (not sure if all?) are set in...

A Wild Sheep Chase - some clarifications? Warning - possible spoilers "A Wild Sheep Chase" is the first Murakami I have read, and I bought "Sputnik Sweetheart" at the same time. From what I'm reading here, I'm gathering that many would suggest "Dance Dance Dance" as a better follow-up read...