Going once...
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
Silence by Shusaku Endo
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Kangaroo Notebook by Kobo Abe
The Broken Commandment Tozon Shimazaki
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Going once...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Going twice...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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One more post for Norweigian wood and its in the lead! (seeing as one of the nominators for Kafka only has 39 posts!)
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Oh I was comparing Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore of the two Kafka on the Shore is better, but it's not my favourite Murakami book. My favourite is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World but The Wind Up Bird Chronicle is excellent and I agree I enjoyed it better than Kafka on the Shore. A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance, Dance, Dance are excellent too (these are a set, if you want to read Dance, Dance, Dance read A Wild Sheep Chase first, it makes more sense that way though I enjoyed Dance, Dance, Dance more!). Sputnik Sweetheart was good too. Oh heck, who am I kidding, they're all good! I love Murakami!!! I'm reading After Dark at the moment and it's excellent. Can't wait for What I think when I think about running when it comes out later this year (biography, I expect brilliance, insight!)Originally Posted by vheissu
I think, vheissu, that if you preferred The Wind Up Bird Chronicle to Kafka on the Shore you might find Norwegian Wood a bit disappointing. I did. I suppose it depends what interested you in the book, I found the magical realism of The Wind Up Bird Chronicle appealing, whereas this is none existent in Norwegian Wood. So I guess I don't find Norwegian Wood very representative of Murakami's overriding style.
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OK u got my vote
We have a little more than an hour to go and still a tie!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Dont you need to hav 50 posts or more? Spacetoon only has 39.... just curious...
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Yes, only votes from members with 50+ votes will be counted.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I guess that solves it then. Kafka on the Shore has 8 votes, since Spacetoon only has 39 posts. So I think Norwegian Wood wins.
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
We still have couple of minutes...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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Too bad, I ordered Kafka on the shore already. Well I guess it is alright, I will try finding an online Copy of the Norwegian Wood.
Ah, what a shame. I love Murakami, I like people to see him at his best: Norwegian Wood isn't it. Oh well.
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Maybe you can start a discussion thread for Kafka on the Shore in the General Literature section for those who would like to read it.
The fact that it hasn't won the poll in the BC does not mean that you can still read and discuss it with other members who are willing to give it a go.
Norwegian Wood, here we come!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaNQjhXhfVs
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Not a bad idea since I've got the book too. Right now I am enjoying Banville's The Sea, so i'm not in a hurry to get to another book.Maybe you can start a discussion thread for Kafka on the Shore in the General Literature section for those who would like to read it.
The fact that it hasn't won the poll in the BC does not mean that you can still read and discuss it with other members who are willing to give it a go.
Norwegian Wood, here we come!
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
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