LoT Book CLub - Book 2 - Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami - Page 5

Ghoulish Delight · 07-20-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I've tried a couple times to go ahead and join in on this one but haven't found a bookstore yet that has it in stock and I'm too lazy to deal with ordering it.

Have you checked libraries? They'll even transfer it to your closest branch if they have it at one of the other branches.

Not Afraid · 07-20-2006, 03:24 PM

I don't read Japanese and love every single Murakami I've read (I think I'm up to 8), so I'm grateful for any translation. To me, it seems very natural as to what I've experienced visiting contemporary Japan, but I read for visuals and overall story more than I read for language - although language has a lot to do with my enjoyment. I'm just not very interesting in writing in a craft as much as storytelling as a craft.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 07-20-2006, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

\I read for visuals and overall story more than I read for language - although language has a lot to do with my enjoyment. I'm just not very interesting in writing in a craft as much as storytelling as a craft.

And I'm more a "the story is IN the telling," kind of girl. I can love an idea even if I don't care too much for how it's expressed. But I will be left wishing it was expressed differently.

Take "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and Bladerunner (the film it's based on) for example. The story, in both, is essentially the same, and I LOVE the story. But the film does a much better job at telling the story than Philip K. Dick does, IMO. That's usually not the case with most film adaptations, but I think the screenplay is superior to Dick's writing in a lot of ways.

It's like folk tales, as well. One version of the same folk tale can be a marvel, and another can be a bore. It's all in the telling.

So, though I love the story in The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, I'm sure I'd prefer reading it in its original Japanese, or reading an improved English translation. If he's written a book in English, I'd certainly be curious to read that.

tracilicious · 07-20-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Wait, ya'll started a new book while I was away? Guess I'd better get humping.

It was probably all the humping that distracted you in the first place.

Alex · 07-20-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Have you checked libraries? They'll even transfer it to your closest branch if they have it at one of the other branches.

If I'm reading a book to discuss it I prefer to be at liberty to maul and spindle it. But I did look. All five copies in the possession of the Alamade County Library are well-over due and there is a queue. The Oakland Public Library does not have it in English, though they do seem to have pretty complete collections of his books in Japanese, Russian, Korean, and Chinese.

Not Afraid · 07-20-2006, 08:46 PM

Ou local Borders had three or four copies tonight as well as most of his other translated books. Get thee to another bookstore - stat.

Alex · 07-20-2006, 08:56 PM

I've been to Borders and Barnes & Noble and the local new/used store with a more eclectic collection. B&N says they have 2 copies but they can't find them.

No biggie. It'll happen or it won't.

Matterhorn Fan · 07-21-2006, 11:13 AM

I got the last copy at my bookstore. But if a local book club wanted to read Kafka on the Shore, my bookstore's so ready.

Alex · 07-21-2006, 11:15 AM

Yeah, all of my spots had multiple copies of Kafka on the Shore as well.

Matterhorn Fan · 07-21-2006, 11:19 AM

Maybe it's a sign that you should read that one instead.

Or Oprah's about to choose it for her book club.

07-20-2006, 03:24 PM	#42
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I don't read Japanese and love every single Murakami I've read (I think I'm up to 8), so I'm grateful for any translation. To me, it seems very natural as to what I've experienced visiting contemporary Japan, but I read for visuals and overall story more than I read for language - although language has a lot to do with my enjoyment. I'm just not very interesting in writing in a craft as much as storytelling as a craft.
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07-20-2006, 08:46 PM	#46
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Ou local Borders had three or four copies tonight as well as most of his other translated books. Get thee to another bookstore - stat.
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07-20-2006, 08:56 PM	#47
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I've been to Borders and Barnes & Noble and the local new/used store with a more eclectic collection. B&N says they have 2 copies but they can't find them. No biggie. It'll happen or it won't.
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07-21-2006, 11:13 AM	#48
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	I got the last copy at my bookstore. But if a local book club wanted to read Kafka on the Shore, my bookstore's so ready.
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07-21-2006, 11:15 AM	#49
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, all of my spots had multiple copies of Kafka on the Shore as well.
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07-21-2006, 11:19 AM	#50
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Maybe it's a sign that you should read that one instead. Or Oprah's about to choose it for her book club.
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