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“How long before IQ84 is in English for us folks who unfortunately can't read Japanese?”
““He is a runner and an older runner. I enjoyed reading about his thoughts on running in his memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. When you read about his life, the things he writes into his novels are the things in life that he enjoys. I read The Wind Up Bird Chronicles. I haven't read any others and do not know if I will.””
“I love Murakami's readibility, but I am annoyed with the fact that he can't seem to breakaway from the same tone-setting vehicles (pop, classical, jazz music playing in the background...bad japanese versions of italian food), same symbolism (wells, underground, the deep), same characters (disillusioned mid 30's salaryman, woman that disappears or becomes somehow incorporeal), etc. He throws it all in together and lays a vaguely different story on top of it.”
