Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (original 2013; udgave 2014)

This is the third book of Murakami's I've read and he's already one of my favorite authors. I absolutely adore his books, and this one might be my favorite of his so far.

His style is so endearing to me. I'm not sure if it's the translation or the specific use of language, but the simplicity of his structure leads to incredible beauty in my mind. Wistful, nostalgic philosophies permeate this story and I loved every page.

The plot was intriguing, a mini-mystery that really connected with me. Tsukuru is the same age as I am now (36) and I can't help but think that, combined with the magic realism and the longing for the past, is one of the main factors I was so drawn to it right away.

I was so interested in his high-school friends, his relationship with Sara, his pilgrimage to track down the past, self-evaluate and discovery who he is and what he cares about. Fantastic book. ( )

It was nothing special: it was like the story was an enormous "beat around the bush" for show that the protagonist finally feels that he can't lose anyone more. ( )

My first book by Murakami. I liked it, but I'm not entirely sure of what I read. I will read another. ( )

This is a really strange book to read after Anna's Quindlen's "Still Life with Bread Crumbs." ( )

Murakami kanns auch anders!
Es war schon fast eine Überraschung : Kein Blutegelregen, kein 1Q84, keine tanzenden Kobolde, keine tiefen Brunnen und kein HardBoiled-Wonderland.
Aber trotzdem ist unser Held wie so oft ein leicht parallel zu Gesellschaft lebender Einzelgänger, verschroben, aber trotzdem Liebenswert, der versucht Geheimnisse seiner Vergangenheit aufzudecken. Trotz 6 Fingern ein relativ "normaler" Murakami-Roman, und dennoch oder genau deswegen : Lesen! ( )