tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post4039676331879715975..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki MurakamiBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-15608325765567847092014-09-09T23:20:25.859+10:002014-09-09T23:20:25.859+10:00No trepidation; just excitement. Colorless would b...No trepidation; just excitement. Colorless would be a good one yo start with. It's a straight narrative with no funny business! A gentler story that is more interior pilgrimage than outer journeys. Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-10755372513091652912014-09-09T15:59:16.663+10:002014-09-09T15:59:16.663+10:00Interesting review with an introduction to the the...Interesting review with an introduction to the themes that Murakami deals with. This writer is one I would not choose. He is in the same categorie as Hesse and Rushdie. They all scare me. Yet Murakami is often seen on reader's 'Bucket List' of books! I'm curious if you approaced this book with trepidation ....at first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-41268597470203470962014-09-07T01:32:55.022+10:002014-09-07T01:32:55.022+10:00Sounds like an interesting read. I like the fact t...Sounds like an interesting read. I like the fact that he emerges wiser but not necessarily able to put his wisdom into action. That seems more real to me.<br /><br />=)Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-87035950051097476002014-09-05T23:43:08.955+10:002014-09-05T23:43:08.955+10:00Thank you for your comment on my post. I have nev...Thank you for your comment on my post. I have never heard of the author Murakami, but your book review tells me that Colorless Tsukuru would be a good place to start!Judiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778815502961000469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-63781247921058631322014-09-04T22:04:54.313+10:002014-09-04T22:04:54.313+10:00Which is your favourite Murakami to date?
I'v...Which is your favourite Murakami to date?<br /><br />I've only read the 2 & I'd have to say that 1Q84 was my favourite so far. I loved the magical realism/parallel universe ride in 1Q84 - esp the first two books of the trilogy. (The third book with the weird goats and little people was magic realism gone too far for me!)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-52704491342547278182014-09-04T21:54:49.255+10:002014-09-04T21:54:49.255+10:00I have yet to delve into Murakami's bio online...I have yet to delve into Murakami's bio online, or read his running book (which I believe is non-fiction/memoir) so I'd be curious to learn what you've picked up about him along the way.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-87449437217125398012014-09-04T21:52:55.136+10:002014-09-04T21:52:55.136+10:00Colorless Tsukuru is a good place to start with Mu...Colorless Tsukuru is a good place to start with Murakami - it gives you a sense of his style without being too long or surreal (although thanks to 1Q84, I kept expecting to go off on a surreal/magic realism tangent every time Tsukuru had a dream or mentioned the bad elves who lived in the Scandinavian forest!)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-47727131336325156402014-09-04T19:51:26.366+10:002014-09-04T19:51:26.366+10:00You have convinced me that I very much want to rea...You have convinced me that I very much want to read Murakami. I really need to read more Japanese literature in general and this seems a really good place to start.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-62496088329469290582014-09-04T14:04:25.796+10:002014-09-04T14:04:25.796+10:00yes indeed excellent! I love him very much as well...yes indeed excellent! I love him very much as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-15918468477817755422014-09-04T11:40:11.731+10:002014-09-04T11:40:11.731+10:00I have always held that Murakami himself has suffe...I have always held that Murakami himself has suffered as his characters do, with issues of loneliness and sorrow over a loss of some kind. Other readers disagree with me, but I see no other explanation for his eloquence and the grief expressed so well on novels such as this one, and Norwegian Wood. Even Hear The Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 have the death of a young girl which so wounds the hero. Make of it what you will...<br /><br />This is indeed a beautiful book.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.com