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After Dark

by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn, and every bit as gripping as Haruki Murakami’s masterworks The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.

At its center are two sisters—Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny’s toward... (more)

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aarondimaano
  • Rated 4 stars

amazing work by Murakami.

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Nicole M.
  • Rated 2 stars

I like Murakami's style, I really do, but I can't say this was his best story. A tad creepy, though. That's always good.

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  • Rated 3.598055 stars
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  • Rated 3.5 stars
 

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  • Marisa P

    marisa p said:

    I've read Kafka, Sputnik, and one of his short story collections - and was it just me, or was the translation of "After Dark" especially poor? Murakami usually doesn't use such simple sentences and phrasing.

    posted Monday, August 4 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Ginger M

    ginger m said:

    xoo98, I don't know, but my copy is shiny so at least this one is. I know I've read another of Murakami's books, but I can't remember if the cover was shiny or not.
    Ginger

    posted Tuesday, June 10 2008
  • daredevilrash

    daredevilrash said:

    I think it's too short. It's not the typical Murakami novel one might expect. I personally hate that this book has too much advertisements -the cigarettes, milk, etcetera. I feel that this one has been butchered, probably by the translator. But it is still evident that this one is a Murakami.

    posted Sunday, April 20 2008
  • Dan A

    dan a said:

    I enjoyed rvery much reading the book. I don't know why some people found it difficult to read or even thought that it's not a complete novel, that it must have a sequel. I think it's a good starting point for Murakami's work.

    posted Monday, February 4 2008
  • Julio

    julio said:

    This is my first Murakami. I definitely wanted to keep reading it, but it wasn't what I expected. I give it four stars because I think that three is a just too harsh. The book definitely grabbed, just never really took me anywhere . . .

    posted Thursday, January 24 2008 ( | view 1 reply )

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