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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
Kino and Samsa in Love are my favorite stories in this collection, but I like his novels better!
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
- love the way this murakami book relates to the modern world and puts the characters in situations that people could actually experience in this day and age - it makes the message come across more strongly because you've either 1) experienced something similar before or 2) might have the chance to experience it in the future
- i really enjoyed the samsa story as the elaboration of the idea that love is essential to our humanity. samsa initially starts off thinking he'd be better off if he'd reincarnated as some type of flower or other non-human object because life would be much simpler, which is a common theme in the other stories as well -- that it'd be simpler just to be. however, just like the other stories, samsa figures that it's actually best to be human once he's able to feel the emotion of love for another person. this complete 180 in mindset represents the beauty of love as something only humans can understand and experience, and brings meaning into an existence that might be deemed as too hard or meaningless beforehand.
- my favorite story was that of the dr. tokai - it dealt with self-identity, identity of one when they fall in love, and the physical consequences of love manifesting due to mental turbulence. i thought it was especially ironic that dr. tokai spoke of not having his own sense of identity although he crafted one for others for his job as a plastic surgeon. in addition, i thought that the way he died after he found himself to be in love for the first time and then been betrayed by that love demonstrated the seriousness of the emotion itself, and the importance of exercising that "independent organ" (as stated in the story), otherwise it can be detrimental to one's health; this was due to the fact that love is an essential factor of the human existence, and with dr. tokai's lack of using it he was not only less than a person, but so out of practice that his first usage was almost poisonous to him. love is crucial to living.
- i really enjoyed the samsa story as the elaboration of the idea that love is essential to our humanity. samsa initially starts off thinking he'd be better off if he'd reincarnated as some type of flower or other non-human object because life would be much simpler, which is a common theme in the other stories as well -- that it'd be simpler just to be. however, just like the other stories, samsa figures that it's actually best to be human once he's able to feel the emotion of love for another person. this complete 180 in mindset represents the beauty of love as something only humans can understand and experience, and brings meaning into an existence that might be deemed as too hard or meaningless beforehand.
- my favorite story was that of the dr. tokai - it dealt with self-identity, identity of one when they fall in love, and the physical consequences of love manifesting due to mental turbulence. i thought it was especially ironic that dr. tokai spoke of not having his own sense of identity although he crafted one for others for his job as a plastic surgeon. in addition, i thought that the way he died after he found himself to be in love for the first time and then been betrayed by that love demonstrated the seriousness of the emotion itself, and the importance of exercising that "independent organ" (as stated in the story), otherwise it can be detrimental to one's health; this was due to the fact that love is an essential factor of the human existence, and with dr. tokai's lack of using it he was not only less than a person, but so out of practice that his first usage was almost poisonous to him. love is crucial to living.
3.7, I wasn’t impressed despite the hype surrounding Murakami. However, this book was written in such a way that I felt like I was sitting across from someone in a cafe hearing their story so I have to give points for that.
Beautifully written but not exactly my cup of tea. Probably.
Son siete relatos:
Drive My Car
Yesterday
Un órgano independiente
Sherezade
Kino
Samsa enamorado
Hombres sin mujeres
Mis favoritos fueron Un órgano independiente, en el que el narrador cuenta la historia de un doctor (cirujano plástico) que mantiene relaciones con muchas mujeres casadas o con novio; Kino, que va sobre un hombre que descubre que su mujer lo engaña con un compañero de trabajo, en la historia nos cuenta cómo continuó con su vida después de ello; Samsa enamorado, una clase de homenaje a La metamorfosis y Kafka, en el que Gregorio Samsa despierta para darse cuenta de que es humano, y Hombres sin mujeres, que se titula así por el libro de Hemingway, en el que un hombre recibe una llamada telefónica y le informan que una mujer con la que salió hace mucho tiempo se suicidó.
Todos los relatos son sobre hombres que, de una u otra forma, perdieron a una mujer. Murakami relata de forma simple y bella cómo cada uno de ellos vive esa pérdida. Algunas de las cosas que escribe sobre "La Mujer" y "El Hombre" son generalizaciones bastante tontas que me hacían pensar CONAPREEEED, pero en general lo disfruté mucho, aunque es la misma receta de siempre, se siente fresco por algunas variaciones en los personajes, así que fue bonito retomar el jazz, los gatos y la magia.
Drive My Car
Yesterday
Un órgano independiente
Sherezade
Kino
Samsa enamorado
Hombres sin mujeres
Mis favoritos fueron Un órgano independiente, en el que el narrador cuenta la historia de un doctor (cirujano plástico) que mantiene relaciones con muchas mujeres casadas o con novio; Kino, que va sobre un hombre que descubre que su mujer lo engaña con un compañero de trabajo, en la historia nos cuenta cómo continuó con su vida después de ello; Samsa enamorado, una clase de homenaje a La metamorfosis y Kafka, en el que Gregorio Samsa despierta para darse cuenta de que es humano, y Hombres sin mujeres, que se titula así por el libro de Hemingway, en el que un hombre recibe una llamada telefónica y le informan que una mujer con la que salió hace mucho tiempo se suicidó.
Todos los relatos son sobre hombres que, de una u otra forma, perdieron a una mujer. Murakami relata de forma simple y bella cómo cada uno de ellos vive esa pérdida. Algunas de las cosas que escribe sobre "La Mujer" y "El Hombre" son generalizaciones bastante tontas que me hacían pensar CONAPREEEED, pero en general lo disfruté mucho, aunque es la misma receta de siempre, se siente fresco por algunas variaciones en los personajes, así que fue bonito retomar el jazz, los gatos y la magia.
