Murukami

[David Morris]

I read Kafka on the Shore after The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.  Both are
full of portent that fizzles or is just left in limbo.  I didn't find
it anything like Pynchon.  There may be a Japanese cultural disconnect
going on; maybe some sort of natural-pantheism (forgive my bad
labels), but implied depth never arrived.

I don't plan to read any more of Murakami.

David Morris

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:02 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> The only book I've read by Murukami is The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.  I thought it was a pale, overly cute attempt to copy Pynchon.  Are his other books substantially different from Wind-up?
>
> Laura