Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)
Book Review: Fear and loathing in Tokyo
Summary: 5 Stars
It is the world in the near future, and Information is all.
The narrator of this fantastic, and unnerving, novel finds
that his mind is subject to the power and terror of
dark forces. Two stories are being told: one, the narrator's job as a "data
shuffler", moving numbers from right to left brain; the other, his unconscious
journey in to the "end of the world", where he reads the "old dreams"
of a humanity that does not know death.
Murakami has produced a wonderfully eerie myth for the next millenium. I highly recommend this novel.Book Review: Beautiful, Strange, and Delightful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I felt that I didn't read this book so much as I "watched" it. Like a movie or a fantastic dream, and written with Mr. Murakami's usual finesse. Believable characters, and indeed, a hard-as-nails world at the last train-stop of the universe. A world within a world, it echoes "A Wild Sheep Chase," but expounds upon this in a delightful way. Yet again, Haruki Murakami proves that there are still original writers out there with style, imagination, and the talent to pull it off. Fabulously done! Subarashii! Rippa! Oishikatta!Book Review: Unbelievably creative and imaginative, terrific imagery
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book. Couldn't put it down. Murakami never ceases to amaze me with his creative ideas. It's like, man, I never would have thought of that. Especially the whole separation of person/shadow/mind concept. When people ask me what the books about, all I can say is, "It's really hard to explain." Knowing that my explanation couldn't do it justice.Book Review: The best novel among his novels.
Summary: 5 Stars
I read all of his novels from his first novel:"Listen to the song of wind!"(I just interpreate title from Japanese to English.) to his latest novel. He used to write fantastic fiction and a kind of fairy tale. This is one of his typical fantasy fiction. It consist of 2 different story, actually. He had 2 stories, and then mixed them together. Consequently, he could make a eccentric story. I think it is new way of writing novel. He dislikes fixed thing, a kind of dogma, like religions, political games, the Olympic games, and so on. Any way, he wrote a fundamental new novel.Book Review: Slick, tight, and very classy
Summary: 5 Stars
Murakami, in so many ways, represents a true oasis in a wasteland of modern fiction. "Hard Boiled..." encapsulates the distilled nature of reality in a way that makes it frighteningly present to a citizen of the late twentieth century. His irreverant attitude towards classical prose (and most things in general) makes this novel a delight to read. He tantalizes the mind without making you brood and tickles your fancy without being totally whimsical. Indeed, he keeps the story moving well as he dares to venture seemingly wherever his unique mind takes him. Truly a masterpiece of modern fiction. Highly recommended.