A review by jkanz
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

4.0

Certain people seem to conflate the flaws of the main character with the value of how good this novel is. That shouldn't be the case. The novel is the beauty of love unbounded in its lingering affects on our hearts. How this love, no matter how long ago it was, seeps into our existing reality. Consciously or subconsciously, we're always relatively connected to this love. Would recommend not only reading this wonderfully crafted love ballad but also encourage to compliment its ending by listening to star crossed lovers by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington queued by Frank Sinatra's As Time Goes By. Enjoy