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number9dream
by David Mitchell
Number 9 dream -
the title caught my fancy. Was it the ninth dream, or about the number 9 or some 9th person or incidence- I had no inkling.
the cover art too was fantastic. A purple background.. a painted Japanese bowl from which red smoke emerged which morphed into things. Perhaps it was the dream of a person under influence?
Started as a group read, but only Girish and I could complete it.
Mitchell has become my favourite author, and I was almost sure that I will like this book too. And I wasn't wrong.
Found this interesting, thought provoking, but very very otherworldly with a mingling of fantasy and fact. Sometimes I was not sure whether the fact I was reading was real or imaginary .
many plots were interwoven.
1. Eiji Miyake , a 19 year old in search of his biological father, who is not known to him. He has been abandoned by his mother in childhood, and witnessed the death of his twin sister when they were barely 11 years old.
He comes to Tokyo from his rural village, and is mesmerized by the place and it's people. He gets to know many people , good, not so good and pure evil
2. Goatwriter, Mrs. Comb, his caretaker and Pithecantheopus their "watchdog" and pet . This story was very very weird, nonetheless, enjoyable.
3. The journal written to Takara by his elder brother who volunteered himself at the age of 20 to Japanese submarines during WWII . Here we get a glimpse of wartime Japan
the title : towards he end Number 9 makes more and more impact- via tarot cards and playing cards, lift Number, room Number, floor number... and finally when in a dream (?) John Lennon tells Eiji that No9 song is a continuation of Norwegian wood ... both songs, property of the Beatles.
Butt what is he exact significance of Number 9..still eludes me.
All in all, an alluring read..
the title caught my fancy. Was it the ninth dream, or about the number 9 or some 9th person or incidence- I had no inkling.
the cover art too was fantastic. A purple background.. a painted Japanese bowl from which red smoke emerged which morphed into things. Perhaps it was the dream of a person under influence?
Started as a group read, but only Girish and I could complete it.
Mitchell has become my favourite author, and I was almost sure that I will like this book too. And I wasn't wrong.
Found this interesting, thought provoking, but very very otherworldly with a mingling of fantasy and fact. Sometimes I was not sure whether the fact I was reading was real or imaginary .
many plots were interwoven.
1. Eiji Miyake , a 19 year old in search of his biological father, who is not known to him. He has been abandoned by his mother in childhood, and witnessed the death of his twin sister when they were barely 11 years old.
He comes to Tokyo from his rural village, and is mesmerized by the place and it's people. He gets to know many people , good, not so good and pure evil
2. Goatwriter, Mrs. Comb, his caretaker and Pithecantheopus their "watchdog" and pet . This story was very very weird, nonetheless, enjoyable.
3. The journal written to Takara by his elder brother who volunteered himself at the age of 20 to Japanese submarines during WWII . Here we get a glimpse of wartime Japan
the title : towards he end Number 9 makes more and more impact- via tarot cards and playing cards, lift Number, room Number, floor number... and finally when in a dream (?) John Lennon tells Eiji that No9 song is a continuation of Norwegian wood ... both songs, property of the Beatles.
Butt what is he exact significance of Number 9..still eludes me.
All in all, an alluring read..