LoT Book CLub - Book 2 - Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I think Japanese may be an incredibly hard language to translate into English, because I almost always find the writing somewhat frustrating. I imagine a lot gets lost in translation, and as I read the English I find myself wishing the English itself was *better*.

It doesn't, on the whole, effect how much I enjoy or dislike the overall story, but I've such a love of individual sentences and phrases, and those are - for me - a bit few and far between in this book. I had to keep reminding myself that it's a translation, and the fault really lies with my own inability to read in other languages. Ah, well.

I agree quite a bit with what EH is saying here, and I have found it to be quite true for myself. I'm still waiting for that bit that propels me into staying up until 5AM to read the book, as opposed to staying up until 5AM to play video games.



Might happen soon, though.