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marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 02:07 PM Feb 2014

1Q84?

"1Q84" --it may have been discussed here before but I am just now reading it. It's very strange and surreal which I have a high tolerance for. Did anybody else read the whole enchilada? Feel free to say whatever you think about it. I have no dog in the debate, just interested in reactions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/books/1q84-by-haruki-murakami-review.html?_r=0

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1Q84? (Original Post) marions ghost Feb 2014 OP
Yes....read it - loved it - then moved on to Kafka on the Beach - NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #1
My extended family's passing it around too marions ghost Feb 2014 #2
no problem! Hey - did you make the NC meet up? I hope to sched the next one NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #3

NRaleighLiberal

(61,287 posts)
1. Yes....read it - loved it - then moved on to Kafka on the Beach -
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 05:36 PM
Feb 2014

and also After Dark, which I loved (my daughter, my wife and I all love Murakami).

Fascinating, moving, complex, surreal....and it make one think - what else can be asked of a book?

I think Kafka may be my favorite of the three, but they are all worthwhile

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
2. My extended family's passing it around too
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 08:35 PM
Feb 2014

...even though it's slow-moving, somehow it draws you in. Like down the rabbit hole...

Thanks for the rec--I'll read that one next.

NRaleighLiberal

(61,287 posts)
3. no problem! Hey - did you make the NC meet up? I hope to sched the next one
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 08:39 PM
Feb 2014

looking to get people together March or April - it is my busy time!

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