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put simply basically, all i want is to know the most emotional, gripping, moving, and life-changing novel you guys have ever read (that is in some way sophisticate).

also i would also like these books to be very sophisticate and, not moving in the way that makes one cry nessecarily (though if it did that would be a plus), but in a way that changes one (while also causing intense emotion).

haruki murakami this author focuses on isolation and lonliness. its his main theme in his books. my favorite is the wind-up bird chronicle.

i am looking for some books to read. I would like them to be very deeply emotional and gripping, something that pulls one in and changes everything, something astoundingly moving. this is all i would like: an amazingly moving book.

no, i have not read those books, and ill check them out. however, just to say, i am not really looking for something similar to murakami, but to kenzaburo oe, as he is my favorite author.

dark and deep writing i suppose thats a good start, however i didnt really like franz kafka too much. i didnt find him to write in a way that was very emotionally powerful. mainly, i am looking for authors who write very deeply and darkly with wonderful language and have interesting...

oh oh, ok. that explains it. would you happen to know any writers then, that write similarly to oe (as in evoking similar emotions from readers, having similar subjects, or writing similarly), but also have a surreal quality to them?

also please ignore the post about "darker than murakami". i meant to puut it in anotner thread, but i made some mistake

no, it can be any author of any nationality that is similar to what i have described.

darker than haruki murakami? I was wondering if anyone might know of any authors that they found to be just as surreal, interesting, and moving as haruki murakami, but who writes somewhat darker, more roughly emotional stories. i would be very grateful if anyone could reply to this. thank you!

what i mant was, if anyone were to recommend them, ive already read them (haruki by the way). ive also read mishima. mainly i want to know any authors with the same feel or that have evoked similar emotions in a similar way.

id like recommendations for authors similar to kenzaburo oe. it would be greatly appreciated if you could name any authors that i may like if i loved him. (I have read kazuo ishiguro, murakami, and soseki as well [liking the first two most] and enjoyed these if it would help to further recommend...