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lindsayymack 's review for:
Killing Commendatore
by Haruki Murakami
I did find this book slow and convoluted at first, but the end wraps so beautifully back to the beginning. I think there are layers of meaning that go missed in an action-hungry read. This book is about questioning meaning and metaphor - from the [admittedly very repetitive] set-up in Book One compared to that physical repetition in the layering of oil paints, the method is part of the meaning. The littlest things (literally) appear in the beginning and the end if you read carefully, and each repetition adds more dimension. As a Murakami fan, I think that this novel closes the loop in your typical, post-modern non-event way. The meaning is the journey of questioning and exploring what is real. I think of it like an oil painting... layers of meaning, revision and re-iteration. Richly allusive, internally and to Western classics in form and substance. A metaphor for itself in so many ways.