Haruki Murakami at the complete review
Oct. 12th, 2008 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
paserbypPros & Cons
Pros:
Other links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8,_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/murakami/site.php
http://www.murakami.ch/main_5.html
Pros:
Cons:
- Wildly imagined and yet in many respects comfortingly familiar stories
- Good character development
- Big themes, but almost never bogs down in the ponderous
- Conveys modern ennui very well
For details: http://www.complete-review.com/authors/murakamh.htm
- Editorial meddling with the translations, including some radical and extensive cuts - as if mere translation wasn't enough to ruin most works already !
- Different translators
- Predictable characters, basic character traits, occurrences
- Constant pop-references (especially American ones)
Other links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8,_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/murakami/site.php
http://www.murakami.ch/main_5.html
