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Article: Murakami, Haruki. Blind willow, sleeping woman; 24 stories.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
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- May 1, 2007
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MURAKAMI, Haruki. Blind willow, sleeping woman; 24 stories. Read by Ellen Archer & Patrick Lawlor. 10 cds. 13 hrs.Tantor Media. 2006. 1-4001-0295-2. $37.99. Vinyl; content, author, reader notes. SA
More than many productions, this one sent me scurrying to the Internet to get a context for this remarkable writer's fiction. I learned that Murakami, born in Kyoto in 1949, was heavily influenced by Western culture, especially Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan. From 1974 to 1982, he ran a jazz bar called Peter Cat in Tokyo. These short stories, completely unpredictable yet fully accessible, stun, fascinate and enthrall at every turn. Evoking the elegance of a tea ...
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...Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Haruki Murakami, Harvill Secker, GBP 16.99 SOMETIMES it takes a short story collection to really get the measure of an author ...
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