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  by carouselambra

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: "The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with"The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator of this excellent book by Murakami, one of Japan's best-selling novelists and winner of the prestigious Tanizaki prize. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his mind and his shadow, from which he has been severed by the grim, dark "replacement" consciousness implanted in him by a dotty neurophysiologist. Both worlds share the unearthly theme of unicorn skulls that moan and glow. Murakami's fast-paced style, full of hip internationalism, slangy allegory, and intrigue, has been adroitly translated. Murakami is also author of A Wild Sheep Chase ( LJ 10/15/89); his new work is recommended for academic libraries and public libraries emphasizing serious contemporary fiction."

One of the best surrealist novels of our time....

2008-05-07

  by babyduo

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: Two stories braided together. One reads like a Kafka fable and the other like Vonnegut'sTwo stories braided together. One reads like a Kafka fable and the other like Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, with kappa....

2007-06-25

  by sarahcpwilliams

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Haruki Murakami

Tags: Summer2006

2007-01-02

  by karla

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Haruki Murakami

2006-08-29

  by feanoro

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: "The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with"The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator of this excellent book by Murakami, one of Japan's best-selling novelists and winner of the prestigious Tanizaki prize. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his mind and his shadow, from which he has been severed by the grim, dark "replacement" consciousness implanted in him by a dotty neurophysiologist. Both worlds share the unearthly theme of unicorn skulls that moan and glow. Murakami's fast-paced style, full of hip internationalism, slangy allegory, and intrigue, has been adroitly translated. Murakami is also author of A Wild Sheep Chase ( LJ 10/15/89); his new work is recommended for academic libraries and public libraries emphasizing serious contemporary fiction."

One of the best surrealist novels of our time....

2006-08-15

  by nshunda

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Haruki Murakami

Tags: novel

2006-07-07

  by chaserude

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Haruki Murakami

Tags: japanese metaphysical_detective

Description: Two stories braided together. One reads like a Kafka fable and the other like Vonnegut'sTwo stories braided together. One reads like a Kafka fable and the other like Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, with kappa....

2006-06-15

  by younglove

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: "The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with"The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator of this excellent book by Murakami, one of Japan's best-selling novelists and winner of the prestigious Tanizaki prize. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his mind and his shadow, from which he has been severed by the grim, dark "replacement" consciousness implanted in him by a dotty neurophysiologist. Both worlds share the unearthly theme of unicorn skulls that moan and glow. Murakami's fast-paced style, full of hip internationalism, slangy allegory, and intrigue, has been adroitly translated. Murakami is also author of A Wild Sheep Chase ( LJ 10/15/89); his new work is recommended for academic libraries and public libraries emphasizing serious contemporary fiction."

One of the best surrealist novels of our time....

2006-05-26

  by cweedall

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Haruki Murakami

Description: "The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with"The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator of this excellent book by Murakami, one of Japan's best-selling novelists and winner of the prestigious Tanizaki prize. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his mind and his shadow, from which he has been severed by the grim, dark "replacement" consciousness implanted in him by a dotty neurophysiologist. Both worlds share the unearthly theme of unicorn skulls that moan and glow. Murakami's fast-paced style, full of hip internationalism, slangy allegory, and intrigue, has been adroitly translated. Murakami is also author of A Wild Sheep Chase ( LJ 10/15/89); his new work is recommended for academic libraries and public libraries emphasizing serious contemporary fiction."

One of the best surrealist novels of our time....

2006-05-26

  by nperrin

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Haruki Murakami

2006-01-20