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If his name is Gregor and he turned into an insect: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

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Elmore Leonard

I second Endo Shusaku and Kobo Abe. And I'd add Inoue Yasushi - a personal favorite of mine.

Which I did a few times, followed, of course, by a Malcom Lowry-like hangover.

Haruki Murakami would fit the bill (minus the drug culture). "A Wild Sheep Chase" is fun to read and may be a good introduction to his work.

His two favorite works abroad seem to be 'The Wind-Up...

Thanks for the recommendations. As I'm about to publish my own works on the amazon kindle store, I sampled a few of the better-known kindle authors; the only author I can wholeheartedly recommend so...

I skimmed through the thread and couldn't see Michael Ende's work:
-The NeverEnding Story
-Momo

I first read them at the age of ten and fell in love with reading; and now, over two decades...

In my younger and more vulnerable years my English teacher gave me some advice that I had bitterly ignored until now.

"Whenever you are reading a challenging book," he told me, "take your time...