A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. The result is a wildly inventive fantasy and a meditation on the many uses of the mind. (20021018)
##终于把剩下的几章节读完了。每次读村上春树的书都有熟悉感,联想起某些人和事
##村上春树就是挣扎的代名词。了解了真相的人最痛苦了。
##I love love love this book. Wonderful story about conciousness and self. Not much resemblance to das Schloß as far as I'm concerned (one time I thought it had something to do with dystopia but later decided it's probably not the author's real intention). Great two-way mapping between the storylines and characters.
##读第三遍了还是精彩绝伦。
##看到最后居然很浪漫,想买来放在书架上当治愈自己的药。
##终于把剩下的几章节读完了。每次读村上春树的书都有熟悉感,联想起某些人和事
##所有故事里的人都没有名字 结尾出乎我的意料 翻译不错 让人感到舒服的书面与随意的混合
##读第三遍了还是精彩绝伦。
##I love love love this book. Wonderful story about conciousness and self. Not much resemblance to das Schloß as far as I'm concerned (one time I thought it had something to do with dystopia but later decided it's probably not the author's real intention). Great two-way mapping between the storylines and characters.