

What makes the story memorable are its lengths and charismatic dialoguesalong with its dark world of bittersweet decay. This is the storyline of the novel, which doesn't really matter that much. Try Kindle Unlimited for free: million books for you As a result of this encounter, Mari will live different experiences with other people, apparently fortuitous, while her sister remains in a world closer to dreams than to reality. Soon they discover that they had met before, during a double date in which his sister participated, eri asai.

The story begins when Ma ri asai, a nineteen-year-old student, agrees with Takahashi tetsuya, jazz musician, over coffee at Denny's. On the other hand, the chapters, instead of name, show a clock that marks the time in which the events occur. The novel unfolds during a single night, in the third person, and with a cinematographic language, as if we were seeing the action through a camera.

With these phrases Murakami leads us through the streets of tokyo. In a very short time a new day will begin. The wind is not blowing, but the air is cold. Even now, the claims of karaoke continue to cheerfully invite you in.

Clerks in suits running across the crossroads so as not to miss the last train. Teenagers with dyed blonde hair and sturdy legs peeking out from under the miniskirt. Groups of university students returning from a party. Even if most will fall in love with the dream world of Murakami. In the worst case scenario, it will help us to know whether or not we agree with the author. This piece permeates the just over 240 pages of a novel that gently but firmly leads us by the hand through the lively Tokyo night. For this, I recommend the short novel After Dark ( After dark Afutā Daku in Japanese ), named after jazz song Five Spot After Darkby Curtis Fuller. And in most cases a very pleasant experience. However, getting into the narrative of Haruki Murakami it is much easier than it may sound. This is embodied in the need for notes in your books to explain terms like hikikomori, otaku: kokoro. The Japanese neither think nor feel like the Europeans. After all, to the usual misunderstanding that is reading (during which we inaccurately reinterpret someone else's words) we must add the obvious cultural differences. The novels of the Japanese writer have a reputation for confusing, pretentious, and strange. Murakami It is one of those authors who cause a certain respect among those who do not know their work.
